J.C. Bunch has been the Trinity hitting coach since 2005. 

The Tigers' hitting philosophy is simple, yet not trite.  Their goal is to make a pitcher throw a good pitch to hit.  Coach Bunch teaches being selectively aggressive at the plate, and focuses on driving the baseball to the big part of the field. 

Coach Bunch wasn't a heavily recruited player out of high school.  The Trinity coaching staff did give him every opportunity to succeed, though, and he definitely made the most of it.  With hard work from the moment he stepped on campus, coach Bunch made himself into an everyday player as a freshman.  That year he set the Trinity single season record for batting average, hitting .475.  He shares the career home run record with two other players. 

He was named to the All-West Region teams from 1998-2000.  In 2007, he was elected to the SCAC 15th Anniversary Baseball Team.  Coach Bunch, a four-time All-SCAC performer (1998-2001), hit .400 for his career (11th on the SCAC career list) with 251 hits (tied for fourth all-time), 30 home runs (tied for sixth all-time), 174 runs batted in (fifth all-time) and 202 runs scored (third all-time). In 1998, he led the SCAC in hitting with a .475 average - the third-highest single-season total in league history. Coach Bunch is one of just three players in league history to be named to the SCAC All-Tournament Team three times in a career.

After graduating with a bachelor’s in chemistry, Coach Bunch played two seasons in the Texas Rangers Minor League system.  His rookie year, he led his league with a .333 average, which was also good for second in the organization behind only Hank Blalock.  His minor league experience took him to the Gulf Coast Rangers, the Pulaski Rangers, and the Savannah Sand Gnats.  Coach Bunch competed one on one with Alex Rodriguez during spring training in a batting cage game, almost defeating the three-time MVP. 

Coach Bunch has spent the last eight years as a chemistry teacher, four at his alma mater, Austin High School, and the past four at Saint Mary's Hall in San Antonio.  He resides in San Antonio, with his wife, Sheridan.