THE SCHAPKER FILE

Personal Information

Full Name: Luke Paul Schapker
Born: Feb. 18, 1996, in Evansville, Ind.
Hometown: Evansville, Ind.
High School: Mater Dei
College: Bowling Green, 2018
Wife: Hailey

Administrative Experience

2018-20:
Tennessee, graduate assistant
2020-21:
Tennessee, volunteer analyst
2021-22:
Tennessee, video coordinator
2022-Present:
Tennessee, director of video and analytics

Director of video and analytics Luke Schapker enters his eighth year with the Tennessee basketball program in 2024-25 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 seven seasons Schapker has worked on Rick Barnes’ staff, Tennessee owns a 175-65 (.729) record, six straight NCAA Tournament appearances, four Sweet 16 bids and two Elite Eight trips. The Volunteers have claimed two conference titles, winning the 2022 SEC Tournament crown and the 2024 regular season trophy.

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.

“Luke’s contributions to our program’s success are just as important as anyone on our staff,” Barnes said. “He lives and breathes Tennessee basketball and puts in more hours than anyone to make sure our players are prepared on gamedays.”

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 prepare scouting reports along with various other projects.

In the summer of 2017, Schapker completed an internship with the men’s basketball program at Valparaiso. He helped run summer camps, assisted with daily workouts, assisted with video breakdown and also gained experience using JumpForward, FastScout and FastDraw software.

Schapker also spent his undergraduate summers working basketball camps at Bellarmine University, Butler University, Indiana University, Valparaiso, Indiana Wesleyan University, Purdue University, University of Findlay, University of Notre Dame, University of Southern Indiana and Vincennes University.

A 2018 graduate of Bowling Green with a bachelor’s degree in education, with minors in marketing and coaching, Schapker earned magna cum laude honors. He then added a master’s degree in sport management from Tennessee in 2020.

Schapker and his wife, Hailey, who also has a master’s degree from Tennessee, wed in July 2025 in Knoxville, where they reside.