Coach Zuck joined a new era in Lancer Athletics when he was hired by Mike Woodley to be the program’s Offensive Line Coach. He has since added the title of Co-Offensive Coordinator. He came to Mount Marty after spending the 2019 season at Wapsie Valley High School in Fairbank, Iowa. Coach Zuck helped with the Quarterbacks, Linebackers, and Special Teams. He coached multiple All-District selections.
Zuck began his career at Wapsie Valley. He was an assistant at Wapsie from 2002-2007. Under the tutelage of head coach Tony Foster, Coach Zuck had responsibilities in all facets of the game. The Warriors reached back to back championship games in 2006 and 2007, winning it in 2007. Zuck coached at Wapsie Valley for six years as an assistant football coach, assistant middle school baseball coach (2 years), and head middle school boy's track coach (3 years) as well as the assistant boy’s high school track coach (throwers) from 2018-2020.
Zuck was an assistant football coach at Wartburg College for the 2018 season where he was the Tight Ends Coach as well as helped with Special Teams. While at Wartburg, he coached an Honorable Mention All-Conference Tight End. The Knights were the 2018 American Rivers Conference Champions and an Automatic Qualifier for the NCAA Division III playoffs.
Preceding his time at Wartburg College, Coach Zuck spent 10 years at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he helped start and build the program with Coach Woodley. Within six years of starting the program, the Vikings were NAIA National Champions (2013). While at Grand View, he started as the Running Backs coach (2008-2014) before switching to the Tight Ends for the last three years (2015-2017). He also held the duties of Kicking & Punting coach. While coaching those positions, he had over ten All-Conference selections. During his time at Grand View, the Vikings were Conference Champions six times, an NAIA Playoff Qualifier six times, and NAIA National Champions.
A Fairbank, Iowa native and Wapsie Valley alum, Zuck won both All-District and All-State awards for the Warriors under IFCA Hall of Fame head coach Jerry Southmayd. He won state championships both as a player (1997) and a coach (2007) while at Wapsie Valley High School.
Zuck played collegiately at Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa. He was a two-way starter as the kicker and punter for the Peacocks' Special Teams.
He holds a Master’s Degree from Ohio University. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Northern Iowa.
Coach Zuck and his wife Malynda have four children - daughters Kyra (13) & Lyndee (11), and sons Ryder (8) & Maddyx (6)………and a beagle named Bruce.
