Christen Cunningham - Men's Basketball Coach - University of Louisville Athletic

Christen Cunningham

Title:
Graduate Manager, Men's Basketball

Christen Cunningham, a former Cardinal basketball lettermen, is in his second season as a graduate manager on the UofL men’s basketball staff while pursuing a graduate degree.

Cunningham played one season as a graduate transfer at UofL for the 2018-19 season when his 160 assists were the most for a Cardinal in a season in six years and ranks as the 11th most in a UofL single season.

A team co-captain from Georgetown, Ky., Cunningham averaged 10.1 points (second on the team) and a team-leading 4.9 assists, third in the ACC. He was second in the ACC in assists for conference games only (6.0) and was fourth in the ACC in assist-turnover ratio (2.46). He had 15 double-figure scoring efforts for the season and 86 in his collegiate career.

Before Cunningham was a three-year starter at Samford University, where he ranks 13th on Samford’s all-time scoring list with 1,283 career points and his 514 career assists is a school record. As a junior in 2016-17, Cunningham was fifth in the nation with a school-record 225 assists and ranked 10th nationally in assists per game (6.3). He averaged 11.4 points and shot 35.4 percent from three-point range when he led the Southern Conference in minutes played as Samford achieved a 20-14 record.

Cunningham was a first-team Herald-Leader all-city selection as a junior at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., when he averaged 12.1 points per game. He transferred to Cordia High School in Hazard, Ky., for his senior season, averaging 18.7 points and 5.3 rebounds while leading his team to a 23-9 record. His brother Trae was a basketball manager at Louisville and his brother Christopher played football at Florida A&M. He was a teammate of former UofL guard Quentin Snider on the Louisville Magic AAU team, which is coached by former UofL center Ellis Myles.

Cunningham earned a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Samford in 2018 and a master’s degree in sport administration from UofL in 2019. He played one season of professional basketball in Croatia following his graduation from UofL.