The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) basketball program is making headlines for reasons other than Roadrunner football or losing to in-state rival Texas.

On Friday, the men's basketball team announced it had let go of head coach Austin Claunch after he was charged in an alleged DWI incident, ESPN's Jeff Borzello reported. As a result, interim head coach Nick Bowman will lead the team for the rest of the season.

On October 27, Claunch was in Corpus Christi, Texas, when someone called 911 around 2:00 am about a man wandering into a Stripes convenience store. The police found Claunch asleep at the wheel of his Mercedes-Benz. His seat belt was fastened, and the door was open.

Ultimately, the police smelled alcohol on his breath, and he was slurring his speech. Furthermore, Claunch admitted that he was drinking earlier in the day. He failed the sobriety tests and refused voluntary breath and blood tests. In the end, the police issued a warrant to draw Claunch's blood at a local hospital, and he was booked at the Nueces County Jail. Claunch was released on $1,500 bond.

Meanwhile, UTSA is off to a 2-1 start to the season.

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Claunch was hired in March 2024. He previously coached at Nicholls State from 2018 to 2023. While there, he led them to two Southland Conference Regular Season Championships in 2021 and 2022. In 2021, Claunch was named Southland Conference Coach of the Year. He was also the youngest Division I head coach in 2018 to 2021.

He finished his tenure with a 90-61 record. Altogether, Claunch finished his tenure at UTSA with a 17-45 record.