University of Texas Arlington Athletics

Former Georgia Tech assistant coach Hunter Bunch joined the UTA Softball staff as an assistant coach on July 3, 2024.

Bunch spent one season with the Yellow Jackets where he primarily oversaw the outfield, served as the hitting coach and handled all recruiting pieces for the White and Gold. Bunch helped the program to a winning record of 32-23 as Tech made a run to the ACC Tournament semifinals but suffered a tough loss to No. 2 Florida State.

Offensively, Bunch helped the Yellow Jackets to 89 home runs which was more than each of the previous two seasons combined - 48 in 2023 and 35 in 2022 - which went down as the fourth-most in program history. Tech's bats capped the 2024 with a top 10 national ranking in both on-base percentage (.409, 9th) and slugging percentage (.558, 8th), ultimately averaging 6.27 runs per game - 14th in all of division I. Under Bunch, 11 softball student-athletes contributed to multiple runs that tied for the most in Tech lore.

Multiple student-athletes earned postseason honors including NFCA All-Southeast Region, Softball America’s All-American list, CSC (College Sports Communicators) Academic All-District and Academic All-ACC – which listed a record-breaking 12 honorees.

Before joining Georgia Tech, Bunch made his mark on the Incarnate Word program as an assistant coach, overseeing the offense. He helped boost the Cardinal bats across the board in his first season and has improved the team batting average and on-base percentage over each of the last two seasons. Bunch also contributed defensively with infielders and outfielders at Incarnate Word. Off the field, he had a heavy hand in recruiting and camps with the Cardinals.

Prior to joining the collegiate ranks, Bunch led the Texas Bombers travel softball organization as head coach from 2019-21 while also serving as an assistant coach with St. John XXIII College Preparatory over that span. The offensive mind was on staff with the Texas Bombers for over three years, beginning his tenure as an assistant coach his first year and leading as director of analytics throughout the duration of his time with the program. Notably, he guided his 16U Bombers team to a top-five finish nationally during the summer season.