Men's Basketball
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ZAK BUNCIK
DIRECTOR OF MEN'S BASKETBALL OPERATIONS
Former UT Arlington student assistant coach Zak Buncik enters his first season as the UT Arlington Director of Men's Basketball Operations in 2008-2009.
A native of Fort Worth, Buncik has worked more than 15 basketball camps from 2006-2008, including camps at Texas and Stanford. Buncik has also spent time working at the U.S. Elite camp, the NBA D-League Pre-Draft camp and the prestigious Howie Garfinkel Five-Star camp.
His basketball expertise also includes working as a personal skill developer for high school and college athletes. Some of Buncik's former pupils include former UT Arlington guard Rod Epps, Bennie Rhodes of SMU, Donuald Bell of Prairie View A&M and Alexandra Collyer of the University of Toronto. He also spent time learning from the Nike Skill Development Director, Ganon Baker, and from Steph Wood, who is the lead instructor for the Jordan Brand European Tour.
Buncik also spent four years on the sidelines coaching, including stops at River Oaks Castleberry (2003-2004), Arlington Sam Houston (2004-2006, 2007-2008) and UT Arlington (2006-2007).
He completed his bachelor's degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in pedagogy from UT Arlington in 2007. He is also a certified physical education teacher.
