Ezra Pinzur
Ezra Pinzur
Bio
Ezra Pinzur returns to Cookeville to join the Tennessee Tech staff as an assistant coach after building a strong résumé with stops at both the Division I and Division II levels.
 
Before rejoining the Golden Eagles, Pinzur spent the 2024–25 season at Central Arkansas, where he helped guide the Bears to their first ASUN Tournament appearance and victory in four years. He contributed to the signing of two of Arkansas’ top-five prospects in the class of 2024, Layne Taylor and Ty Robinson. Taylor went on to earn ASUN All-Freshman Team honors in his first season.
 
From 2021–24, Pinzur served as an assistant coach at the University of Alabama-Huntsville, where the Chargers enjoyed an incredibly successful stretch. During his three years at UAH, the Chargers posted three consecutive 20-win seasons, advanced to three NCAA Division II Tournaments, and made a run to the Sweet 16 in 2023 en route to a top-20 final national ranking. UAH also claimed the Gulf South Conference Tournament championship in 2022 and the league’s regular season title in 2023, followed by runner-up finishes in both standings in 2024.
 
In his time at Huntsville, Pinzur worked with and developed several standout student-athletes, including GSC Player of the Year Chaney Johnson, GSC Tournament MVP CJ Williamson, and all-conference performers Luke Burnett, Jack Kostel, Tommy Murr, and Daniel Saylor. He also played a key role in recruiting All-GSC honorees Murr and Hunter Vick. He also had the opportunity to help develop and guide many of the previously mentioned players to play at the professional level, including Williamson, Johnson, Murr, and Saylor.
 
Pinzur began his coaching career at Tennessee Tech as a graduate assistant from 2019–21. His wide-ranging responsibilities during and since that time have included offensive and defensive coordination, scouting reports, all aspects of video coordination, recruiting evaluations, alumni relations, NIL initiatives and fundraising, skill development, social media direction, serving as camp director, and various other coaching activities.
 
A native of Hartsville, Tenn., Ezra played two seasons of collegiate basketball at Bethel University in McKenzie, Tenn. He holds both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Arts degree from the Exercise Science Department in the College of Education at Tennessee Tech.