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Contact Coach Hutnik: Entering his eighth season as Leopards' head golf coach, Jim Hutnik is a 1978 graduate of Lafayette College with a degree in History. While on College Hill, Hutnik was a member of both the men's basketball and golf teams. He currently teaches American Government at Easton High School, where he as been the varsity coach of the boys' basketball team for the past three seasons. In 2006-07 season, Easton had a perfect 24-0 regular season record. He spent the previous 12 years as a head basketball and golf coach at Bethlehem Catholic High School, where he led the golf team to two East Penn League Championships and was the 1999 Coach of the Year. As head coach of the Bethlehem Catholic's varsity basketball teams, Hutnik compiled a record of 222-111 and posted a winning record in each of his 12 campaigns. He led the Hawks to five appearances in the District XI championship game, winning the title twice. Hutnik was named Coach of the Year by the Express Times in 1995, 1998 and 2001, and was nominated for Pennsylvania's Coach of the Year award in 1998. Prior to his time at Bethlehem Catholic, Hutnik was the head men's basketball and golf coach as well as the assistant baseball coach at Allentown College (now DeSales University) from 1988-1993. He tallied an 88-70 career mark over six seasons on the hardwood and led the team to its first Eastern States Athletic Conference championship and 20-win season. Hutnik also spent six years as an assistant basketball coach at the University at Maine, from 1981-87, following one season at Brandeis University where he was an assistant baseball and basketball coach. Hutnik was the junior basketball coach at Lafayette from 1978-80. |
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