Zack Price - Blue Dragon Men's Basketball

Bio

Zack Price joins the Blue Dragon men’s basketball coaching staff for the 2025-26 season as an assistant coach.

A native of Leawood, Kansas, Price comes to the Blue Dragons with extensive coaching experience at the at the college, high school and club level, as well as a supporting role with USA Basketball.

Before Hutchinson, Price was as East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. Price spent three seasons at ECU, posting a combined 41-44 record. ECU posted an 18-11 record in 2022-23. Nine players earned all-conference postseason honors in Price’s three seasons at East Central.

Before joining the East Central staff, Price spent the 2021-22 season as a graduate assistant at Kansas State University in Manhattan under head coach Bruce Weber.

Price assisted the Wildcats in player development and opponent scouting. While with the Wildcats, Price coached Big 12 first-team selection Nigel Pack along with the Big 12’s rebounding leader, Mark Smith, and steals leader, Markquis Nowell.

From 2018 to 2021, Price was part of legendary Kansas high school basketball coach Ed Fritz’s coaching staff at Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas. During that tenure, the Huskies captured the 2019 Kansas 6A State Championship, three Kansas 6A Substate Championships (2019, 2020, 2021), and a pair of Eastern Kansas League conference championships (2020, 2021) while posting a 65-6 combined record.

Prior to joining the staff at Blue Valley Northwest, Price was a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Missouri Western, from 2016-18 for his college coach Brett Weiberg. He was involved in all aspects of the program, including day-to-day operations, travel, scouting, recruitment, evaluation and development.

In addition to his coaching experience, Price has been involved in the development of players in the USA Basketball system, including stints as a support staffer with both the 2021 U19 and U16 Men’s Junior National Teams. He helped head coach and current TCU head coach, Jaime Dixon, and the U19 staff prepare for the FIBA U19 World Cup, where they won a second-straight gold medal, while he also assisted head coach Sharman White and the U16 staff who also won a gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship. Price was selected to help with the annual Nike Hoop Summit game in Portland, Ore., in which USA defeated the World Team, 102-88.

Price played one season (2010-11) for head coach Jim Christian at TCU before finishing his playing career (2012-15) at Missouri Western for head coaches Tom Smith and Brett Weiberg. He was a three-time academic honor roll selection (2013, 2014, 2015) and the recipient of the inaugural Griffon Award (2015).

Price earned a bachelor’s degree in sports management from Missouri Western in 2015 before adding a master’s degree in sport and fitness management in 2018.