Clay Nunley brings a wealth of coaching and recruiting experience to his new position at the helm of the WildCat men’s basketball team, in addition to a familiarity with winning. His coaching background includes stints at the United States Military Academy and Wright State University.

Over the past five years, Nunley served as an assistant coach at the United States Military Academy, where he was involved in on-court coaching, scouting, and practice planning. He also served as the recruiting coordinator. Prior to working at the United States Military Academy, Nunley was the assistant coach at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Nunley’s duties included individual instruction and player development, practice planning, and recruiting coordinator.

Although his coaching experience has been limited to Division I, Nunley is familiar with Division III athletics. He was a four-year member of the Goucher College men’s basketball team, a Division III institution in Baltimore, Maryland. He helped lead the Gophers to two Capital Athletic Conference Championships and two trips to the NCAA Division III Tournament. He was a four-year member of both the academic all-conference team and Maryland Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Academic Team. Nunley graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications.