Shane Burcar
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Northern Arizona |
| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| Record | 79–112 (.414) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 19, 1972[1] Hancock, Michigan, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Ottawa University (2004) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2006–2018 | Mesa HS |
| 2018–2019 | Northern Arizona (assistant) |
| 2019–2020 | Northern Arizona (interim HC) |
| 2020-present | Northern Arizona |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | College: 79–112 (.414) High School: 277–110 (.716) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (CBI) |
Shane Anthony Burcar (born September 19, 1972)[1] is the current head coach of the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team.[2]
Coaching career
Burcar began his coaching in the high school ranks, highlighted by a 12-year tenure as the head boys basketball coach at Mesa High School, where he compiled a 277–110 overall record with seven regular-season regional titles, and an Arizona Division I state title in 2016.[3]
In 2018, he joined Jack Murphy's staff at Northern Arizona. The following season when Murphy left the Lumberjacks for an assistant coaching position at Arizona, Burcar stepped in as the interim head coach for the 2019–20 season.[4] After guiding the team to a 16–14 record (NAU's best record since 2015), Burcar was named the permanent head coach on March 25, 2020.[5][6]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (Big Sky Conference) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | Northern Arizona | 16–14 | 10–10 | 5th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Northern Arizona | 6–16 | 4–10 | 10th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Northern Arizona | 9–23 | 5–15 | T–10th | |||||
| 2022–23 | Northern Arizona | 12–23 | 5–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2023–24 | Northern Arizona | 14–19 | 7–11 | T–7th | |||||
| 2024–25 | Northern Arizona | 18–16 | 8–10 | T–6th | CBI First Round | ||||
| 2025–26 | Northern Arizona | 4–3 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Northern Arizona: | 79–114 (.409) | 39–70 (.358) | |||||||
| Total: | 79–114 (.409) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ a b "Shane Burcar". coachesdatabase.com. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
- ^ "Shane Burcar - Men's Basketball Coach". Northern Arizona University Athletics.
- ^ Obert, Richard. "NAU announces hiring of ex-Mesa High coach Shane Burcar". azcentral.
- ^ "Jack Murphy leaves uncertain future at NAU to become Arizona assistant". June 24, 2019.
- ^ Reporter, LANCE HARTZLER Sun Sports. "NAU removes interim tag, names Shane Burcar head men's basketball coach". Arizona Daily Sun.
- ^ "Burcar Formally Introduced as NAU Men's Basketball Head Coach". Northern Arizona University Athletics.