David Buchanan
Head Coach

David Buchanan is entering his third season as head men's basketball coach at Carroll University, and sixth season overall as a collegiate coach. He was named head men's basketball coach on July 21, 2009, and is the 25th head coach in the 102-year history of the Pioneers men's basketball program.

Buchanan has enjoyed two successful seasons at Carroll, leading the Pioneers to 28 victories and the program's ninth consecutive winning season, including a trip to the Midwest Conference Tournament Championship game in 2010. The 28 victories are the most accomplished in the first 2 years by any coach in program history.

Buchanan joined the Carroll staff after a successful three-year stint at the helm of the UW-Superior men's basketball program. In his short tenure at UW-Superior, the Yellowjackets went from being Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference afterthoughts to legitimate title contenders.

In his first season at UW-Superior (2007-2008), Buchanan led the Yellowjackets to a five-win improvement from the previous season and ended the year by advancing to the semifinals of the WIAC Tournament for the just the second time in school history. The team's fifth place regular season finish that year was its best WIAC finish since 1979. In two years, Buchanan compiled a record of 23-29 overall, including a 10-22 mark in league play.

Buchanan, a Watertown, Wis., native, was a standout collegiate basketball player at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, where he graduated in 1995.

Buchanan's coaching career began as a volunteer student assistant coach at UW-La Crosse. He then moved to Greenfield High School for his first head coaching position, leading the Hawks to their first Woodland Conference Championship in 31 years in just his second season. After five years at Greenfield, Buchanan had a short stop at Brookfield East High School before becoming head assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, an NCAA Division II member.

As the recruiting coordinator at Parkside, Buchanan recruited a regionally recognized class in just his first season. That recruiting class went on to eventually qualify for the 2007 NCAA Tournament.

Buchanan and his wife, Heather, live in Waukesha.