Interview w/ David Muchnick (Assistant Coach at NYU)

David Muchnick shares his unique coaching journey. Growing up in New York he fell in love with basketball and went on to play at SUNY Genesco before embarking on a college basketball coaching career that has span over 15 years. He started off as a Graduate Assistant at SUNY Cortland and was on staff there from 2005-2008. After SUNY Cortland he moved onto to Denison University in Ohio for two years before returning to New York as an Assistant Coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy - he eventually became the Head Coach in 2014 before accepting a HC position at the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, ME. Coach Muchnick stayed for three years before resigning due to health reasons.

Coach Muchnick went back to being an Assistant Coach who was working side jobs to make it work as an AC at the small college level in 2017. He was hire by Ryan Hyland at John Jay College where he helped build that program into a CUNYAC powerhouse before accepting a full-time AC position at NYU. He's gone through many highs and lows both in the profession - and in his personal life. Coach Muchnick is one of the good guys in the business who I look forward to seeing get another shot at being a HC at the college level.