Entering his fourth season as EWU’s director of basketball operations and fifth overall at EWU, Zach Byrne entered the Eastern Basketball program in 2015 after completing his bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology at East Carolina University.
His first year with the program in 2015-16 was as the video coordinator, and his responsibilities included film breakdown, in-game scout preparation, analytics and summer camps. He was promoted to the school’s “DBO,” and his responsibilities have included travel planning, scheduling, film breakdown and summer camps.
“Zach is a key piece of our program behind the scenes,” said Eastern head coach Shantay Legans. “He deals with the day-to-day operations and is an extremely hard worker, with a great basketball mind. Zach will be returning for his fourth year in our program and will look to continue to expand his role for the program.”
Byrne comes from a family with a strong coaching background, as his mom, Mary Byrne, was a Division I head volleyball coach for 15 years at South Dakota State and North Carolina State.
