Keith Bunkenburg
Head Coach
(630) 829-6146
kbunkenburg@ben.edu

Keith Bunkenburg took over the reins of the Benedictine men’s basketball program in 1995, having been at the helm for the most successful decade in school history. Also a former standout player for the Eagles, he has guided the program to a school-record nine consecutive winning seasons, three 20-win campaigns, four Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference (NIIC) regular-season titles, an NIIC tournament crown, and four NCAA Division III tournament appearances.

Bunkenburg has averaged more than 17 wins per season as Benedictine’s head coach and has guided the Eagles to either the NIIC regular-season or tournament title in five of the last nine seasons. The NIIC “Coach of the Year” for both the 1999-00 and 2000-01 campaigns, Bunkenburg was named Illinois’ NCAA Division III “Coach of the Year” in both 2000 and 2004. His .651 win percentage ranks him among the winningest active NCAA Division III coaches.

Benedictine has won numerous NIIC team defense titles in Bunkenburg’s tenure, as his philosophy stresses that end of the floor first. That defense leads the Eagles into an up-tempo style of play that is fun for fans to watch and easy for players to buy in to. Within two years of taking over as the Eagles’ head coach, Bunkenburg had his team in the NCAA tournament after it won the NIIC regular-season title for the 1996-97 campaign. He guided the Eagles to three-straight league regular-season crowns in 1998-99, 1999-00 and 2000-01; the last two of those ended in NCAA tournament appearances as well. The 2003-04 squad won the program’s first NIIC tournament crown to earn another NCAA tourney appearance.

Bunkenburg replaced legendary coach Tony LaScala, a Benedictine Athletic Department Hall of Famer for whom he played from 1984-88, and served for five years as an assistant coach (1990-95). Recognizing that being part of a winning tradition as a player legitimizes his efforts as a coach, Bunkenburg can fall back upon his teams’ combined 68-34 record and four NIIC regular-season titles during his playing career. A three-time all-conference honoree and four-year starter, Bunkenburg ranks ninth on the school’s career scoring list (1,432) and second on its all-time assists chart (497). He was a major contributer on the 1987-88 team that won 21 games, second-most in school history.

A native of Chicago, Ill., Bunkenburg attended St. Patrick High School where he was an all-conference baseball and basketball player, as well as each team’s MVP. He continued that two-sport success in college, as he started for two seasons as a catcher for the Eagle baseball team. As a junior, he was tabbed as both the baseball and basketball team MVPs, making him one of few athletes in school history to receive that honor from two teams in the same year. He also played golf for the school all four years.

A 1989 graduate of then-Illinois Benedictine College (now Benedictine University), Bunkenburg earned his degree in physical education. He has also served as the head men’s and women’s tennis coach and the head men’s and women’s golf coach during his tenure at Benedictine.

He resides in Naperville.

Frank Janczak
Assistant Coach
(630) 829-6140
fjanczak@ben.edu

Frank Janczak joined the Eagles program as an assistant coach in 2002. Janczak has more than 15 years of experience on the bench as either a head coach or assistant coach at the college level, and has already helped the Eagles to three winning seasons and an NCAA Division III Tournament appearance. He will serve as one of the team’s two junior varsity coaches in addition to his other duties as the Eagles' men's and women's golf coach..

Janczak began his coaching career at North Central College. During his 12-year tenure at his alma mater, Janczak helped the Cardinals to four College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) titles. A coach under Bob Bray (a 1979 graduate of then-Illinois Benedictine College), Janczak was responsible for a variety of duties during his tenure at North Central, including scouting, film breakdown and recruiting.

A 1984 graduate of North Central, Janczak also served as the head men’s basketball coach at fellow Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference (NIIC) school Dominican University for two years (2000-02). He is a financial analyst and resides in Naperville, Ill., with wife Kerry and their children– Tyler, Kyle and Jamie.


Mark McHorney
Assistant Coach
(630) 829-6150
mmchorney@ben.edu

Mark McHorney joined the Benedictine staff in 2005. In addition to his coaching duties, McHorney oversees the recruiting office for the Eagles’ entire athletics department.

McHorney came to Benedictine from Concordia (Ill.) University, where he was an undergraduate admissions counselor – focusing on student-athlete recruitment – and an assistant basketball coach. He has also worked as a varsity boy’s basketball coach at Albany (Wis.) High School (2000-01) and as an admissions representative at Marian (Wis.) College (1997-00).

McHorney is a 2000 graduate of Marian, earning his bachelor’s degree in business administration (sport and recreation management), with a minor in athletic coaching. He earned his master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Concordia in 2004. As a college athlete, he led Marian to back-to-back Lake Michigan Conference championships in 1998-99 and 1999-00.