Bryan Bunn - Head Coach - Women's Volleyball Coaches

Miami

Oct 3 (Fri)

7pm

Bryan Bunn

Title:
Head Coach
Email:
bsbunn@ncsu.edu
Phone:
(919) 515-3826

Now entering his sixth season, NC State volleyball head coach Bryan Bunn has taken the program to higher heights. His 2014 squad finished the season with a winning record for the fourth year in a row, which is just one shy of the most consecutive winning seasons by a head coach in program history.

The Wolfpack reeled off 12 consecutive wins during the season, which is one shy of the program record set by Bunn's 2012 squad. NC State also completed the month of September with a perfect 10-0 mark, the first perfect month in program history.

His 2014 senior class was the first to graduate with a winning record all four seasons since the 1984 graduating class. They also completed their careers with 78 wins, the most during a four-year span since the 1988 class.

He led the 2013 Wolfpack squad to a third consecutive 20-win season - becoming one of only three coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) to do so from 2011-2013. Bunn is also the first NC State volleyball head coach to accomplish the feat since Pat Hielscher achieved the mark from 1980-1982.

His 2013 team posted a 20-12 overall record and an 11-9 mark in ACC play. The Wolfpack defended its home court particularly well, boasting a 12-4 mark in contests played in Reynolds Coliseum. Defense was once again a focus of the team's play, as it held opponents to a hitting percentage of .168 - the second best in the conference.

State defeated the Duke Blue Devils, 3-1, in Reynolds Coliseum to hand the Devils one of their two losses in conference play, as they went on to claim the conference crown. The Pack opened its home ACC schedule with eight straight wins, before suffering its first home conference defeat.

Since taking over as the head coach of the Wolfpack, Bunn has turned the program around. In 2012, the program earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1987. Bunn led the squad to a 22-10 record, highlighted by a 12-8 mark in conference play. His team also defended its home court very well posting an impressive 16-3 record in matches played at Reynolds Coliseum.

Hired on Feb. 19, 2010, Bunn guided the Wolfpack to more victories in his first two years (34) than the program had in the previous five years combined. He's also coached his team to a dozen wins in the ACC those two seasons, which is equal to NC State's conference win total the previous 12 years. In 2012, Bunn's team equaled the number of ACC wins it had in the previous two seasons combined (12).

In 2011, Bunn guided the Pack to a 20-13 mark, its first winning season and first 20-win season since 1996, while setting a school record with eight ACC victories. The Pack also had its highest ACC finish since 1999 and lost only one non-conference match all season, despite having 13 newcomers on his roster of 19 players.

Bunn coached the Pack's first All-ACC player, middle blocker Margaret Salata, since 2005, and its first All-Rookie team selection, Dariyan Hopper, since 2003. Even with the loss of Salata, all-time dig leader Kelly Wood and 2011 seniors Luciana Schafer and Becah Fogle, the Wolfpack returns a lineup of experienced veterans, led by seniors Megan Cyr and Alexa Micek.

In his first year with the Wolfpack Bunn led the Wolfpack to its most overall and conference victories since 1999. The squad also jumped 150 spots in the NCAA volleyball RPI, the largest move by a first-year coach and second-best of any Division I team in 2010.

Bunn has compiled 23 years of coaching experience, including 17 years as a head coach with a 427-193 (.689) record. As a head coach, Bunn has coached 18 All-Americans, 38 all-conference players, 32 all-region performers and five conference players of the year. Eleven of his teams have won 23 or more matches, with four squads finishing in the top 10 nationally.

Bunn came to Raleigh after three seasons as the associate head coach at Baylor, where he helped resurrect that program. During his tenure, the Bears posted a 56-40 record while showing significant improvement each season, culminating with Baylor's first ever appearance in the NCAA Sweet 16. The 2009 campaign saw the Bears reach the postseason for the first time in nine years, spend 11 weeks in the AVCA Top 25 poll and achieve a No. 17 national ranking. Baylor reached the NCAA Sweet 16 after upsetting heavily favored UCLA on its own court in Los Angeles.

Prior to his stint at Baylor, Bunn spent seven season as the head coach at North Florida, posting a 180-56 (.798) record. He led the Lady Ospreys to five consecutive Peach Belt Conference crowns and NCAA Division II Tournament appearances from 2000-04, collecting conference coach of the year honors in both 2000 and 2002. North Florida won its final 60 conference matches as a member of the Peach Belt under Bunn's leadership.

In 2005 and 2006 he led the charge as UNF elevated into Division I status, guiding the program to respective 19-10 and 18-15 seasons and back-to-back top-three finishes in the Atlantic Sun Conference before joining the staff at Baylor. He departed North Florida as the winningest volleyball coach in school history, and with the best winning percentage of any head coach in all sports in UNF history.

Bunn coached the volleyball team and served as a faculty member at Texas Lutheran from 1994-99, posting a 171-66 (.722) record in six seasons. Under his watch, the Bulldogs won two conference titles, made two appearances in the NAIA national tournament and advanced to regionals on six occasions. He spent two seasons as an assistant coach on the staff at TLU before taking over as head coach.

Bunn's coaching career began with a two year tour as an assistant at Stephen F. Austin from 1990-91. He graduated from Texas - San Antonio in 1988 with a bachelor of arts degree in kinesiology and English, later earning a master's of education from Stephen F. Austin in 1992.

Bunn and his wife, the former Jen Wismann, reside in Apex. The couple welcomed its first child in September of 2013, a baby girl Brynn Lorraine.

Bunn's Head Coaching Record By Year
Year	School	Overall	Pct.	Conf.	Pct.	Postseason
1994	Texas Lutheran	35-7	.833	13-1	.919	NAIA Tournament
1995	Texas Lutheran	27-13	.675	7-7	.500	NAIA Tournament
1996	Texas Lutheran	27-15	.643	11-5	.688	NAIA National Championships
1997	Texas Lutheran	25-11	.694	10-4	.714	NAIA Tournament
1998	Texas Lutheran	34-8	.810	9-1	.900	NAIA National Championships
1999	Texas Lutheran	23-12	.657	N/A	N/A	None
2000	North Florida	27-7	.794	13-1	.929	NCAA Tournament
2001	North Florida	26-8	.765	14-0	1.000	NCAA Tournament
2002	North Florida	29-6	.829	14-0	1.000	NCAA Tournament
2003	North Florida	31-4	.886	14-0	1.000	NCAA Tournament
2004	North Florida	30-6	.833	14-0	1.000	NCAA Tournament
*2005	North Florida	19-10	.655	7-2	.778	None
2006	North Florida	18-15	.545	7-2	.778	None
2010	NC State	14-18	.438	4-16	.200	None
2011	NC State	20-13	.606	8-12	.400	None
2012	NC State	22-10	.687	12-8	.600	NCAA Tournament
2013	NC State	20-12	.625	11-9	.550	None
2014	NC State	16-14	.533	5-13	.278	None
Record at NC State		92-67	.578	40-58	.408
Total	18 seasons	443-189	.701	173-81	.681