Xavier Churnac, one of the college's Residence Directors, is entering his third season as head men's basketball coach at JCC after being named head coach in 2019. His teams’ have made the Region 3 DII Final Four in 2019, the quarter-finals in 2020, and the championship game during the 2021 season.

Prior to the 2018-2019 season, before Churnac was the interim head coach, he was an assistant coach for the program under current Director of Athletics and Recreation George Sisson.

Churnac has been with the program since 2015, where he has coached one NJCAA All-American and 12 Region III All-Conference players.

The program has been to the Region 3 Conference Final Four three times, including the championship game in 2016 in that span.

During his time at JCC, Churnac has served as a counselor for several prestigious college basketball camps, including Ohio State, Maryland, West Virginia, Syracuse, Michigan State, and Notre Dame in the summers.

Before coaching, Churnac played one season of semi-pro basketball with the Erie Hurricane of the PBL.

He later played one season for the Jamestown Jackals of NABL, winning the division championship and making it to the national championship game in 2018 in his offseason as an assistant coach for JCC.

Churnac played two seasons at JCC from 2010-2012.

He served as a two-year captain, finishing First Team All-Region, leading the team in scoring, and led Region 3 in three-pointers made.

Churnac then went on to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania on an athletic scholarship.

He also assisted Bryan Hodgson, current head men's basketball coach at Arkansas State, as an assistant coach for the I-90 Elite AAU Basketball Team in the spring of 2011 & 2012.

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Churnac moved to the U.S. when he was five-years-old.

"X" as he's known on campus, grew up in East Harlem, N.Y., with his mother Judith, and sister Yoshan.

He attended the HS of Art & Design, where he served as captain of the basketball team from 2008-2010.

He also earned All-City honors as a senior and led the team in scoring and rebounding.

Coach Churnac received a B.S. in Communications from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 2014 and an AAS in General Studies from Jamestown Community College in 2012.