Luke Schapker

Biography

Director of video and analytics Luke Schapker enters his ninth year with the Tennessee basketball program in 2026-27 after first joining the program as a graduate assistant in 2018. Schapker, in his current role, creates analytical projects, constructs analytical scouting reports, oversees video breakdowns and more. In the eight seasons Schapker has worked on Rick Barnes' staff, Tennessee owns a 200-77 (.722) record and is one of just nine schools with at least 200 wins in that span. The Volunteers have played in all seven NCAA Tournaments over that stretch, notching five Sweet 16 bids and three Elite Eight trips. Additionally, Tennessee has finished a program-best fifth in the AP Poll three times during Schapker's tenure (2022, 2024 and 2025). He has worked with 10 NBA Draft picks in Knoxville, Tenn., including four first-rounders, as well as four All-Americans. Schapker was a graduate assistant at Tennessee from 2018-20, a volunteer analyst in 2020-21 and the video coordinator in 2021-22. He earned his current title, director of video and analytics, in 2022. Prior to his arrival on Rocky Top, the Evansville, Ind., native spent four years as a men's basketball student manager at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Schapker was the head manager during the final three years of his four-year tenure with the Bowling Green program. He helped to coordinate managerial coverage of team and individual workouts, assisted with operations tasks and assisted the coaching staff prepar