Bob Szorc enters his seventh season as an assistant coach for the men's basketball program at App State in 2025-26.

Szorc has been a part of 65 Sun Belt wins at App State and 114 total wins in his first six seasons. Szorc helped lead the Mountaineers to 10 wins in league play last season, marking the second consecutive season that the Mountaineers have posted double-digit conference wins. Szorc has helped guide App State to four seasons with at least 10 conference wins in his first six seasons on the mountain. 

With the help of Szorc, App State again proved to be one of the best defensive teams in the country in 2024-25 as the Mountaineers led the Sun Belt in scoring defense for the fourth straight season. App State has yet to finish outside the top two in the Sun Belt in scoring defense since Szorc got to Boone in 2019. Additionally, the Mountaineers posted top-25 national marks in field-goal percentage defense (ninth), fouls per game (sixth) ad 3-point field-goal percentage defense (eighth). Szorc also saw the Mountaineers allow 50 or fewer points in four games in 2024-25, marking the first time since the 1978-79 season that the Mountaineers have posted four games allowing 50 or fewer points in the same season. 

Szorc's work with the big men of the Mountaineers once again saw fruition in 2024-25 as CJ Huntley turned into one of best post players in the Sun Belt in 2024-25. Huntley finished the season in the top-10 in the Sun Belt in scoring (seventh), rebounding (sixth) and field-goal percentage (sixth). Additionally, Huntley recorded 11 double-doubles in 2024-25, which was the third-most by a Sun Belt player. 

After the 2024-25 season, Szorc was selected to be a participant at the Jay Bilas Coaches Leadership Program, becoming the third assistant coach under Kerns to be selected to the prestigious clinic. 

His fifth season in the High Country in 2023-24 saw numerous team successes as the Mountaineers claimed their first outright regular-season conference championship since 1978-79, an undefeated home record for the first time in the Division I era, a program-record 27 wins and a berth in the NIT for the first time since 2006-07. 

Szorc's defensive leadership and knowledge helped maintain App State's status as one of the best defensive teams in the country in 2023-24 as the Black and Gold led the Sun Belt in scoring defense while also being top five in the country in blocks, blocks per game, fouls per game, opponent field-goal percentage, rebounding and defensive rebounds a game. App State has yet to finish outside of the top two in the Sun Belt Conference in scoring defense in Szorc's tenure. 

Working primarily with the Mountaineer big men, Szorc saw two post players garner individual Sun Belt accolades in Justin Abson and Tre'Von Spillers. After setting the program record for blocks by a freshman, Abson climbed to higher heights in his second season under Szorc, finishing with the third-most blocks in the country and the fifth-highest blocks-per-game tally in NCAA Division I. This led to Abson being named App State's first Conference Defensive Player of the Year in a decade. Spillers was one of five players in the Sun Belt to be in the top-20 in both scoring and rebounding, which led to him being named first team All-Sun Belt. 

During the 2022-23 season, Szorc helped lead the Mountaineers lead the Sun Belt in scoring defense (64.6) and field-goal percentage defense (.403). App State also earned its first Power Five win since 2014 at Louisville and saw five players earn new career highs.

In 2021-22, Szorc helped the Mountaineers to their third consecutive winning season. The Mountaineers went 19-15, and finished second place in the Sun Belt with 12 wins, the second-most conference wins in the Sun Belt era.

Szorc turned the Mountaineers into one of the top defensive teams in the Sun Belt and nation in 2020-21, on its way to the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance in 21 seasons. In 2020-21, the Mountaineers finished second in the Sun Belt and limited opponents to 64.1 points, which was the lowest since the 1980-81 season. In all, the Black and Gold held 12 opponents under 65 points. Szorc also saw App State limit the top offense in the Sun Belt in Coastal Carolina to just 61 points in an overtime victory in the Sun Belt Tournament Semifinals.

Szorc played a large role in the Mountaineers' lockdown defense during the 2019-20 season. App State surrendered an average of 67.3 points, which ranked second in the Sun Belt. In addition, the Mountaineers held 13 opponents to under 60 points, which was the most since the 1979-80 season.

Szorc joins the Mountaineers after working as an assistant coach at Presbyterian during the 2018-19 season. He helped the Blue Hose win two road games in the CIT during their 20-win campaign.

Prior to Presbyterian, Szorc spent four seasons at Division II Delta State from 2013-17, including one year as associate head coach. In four seasons at Delta State, Szorc helped the Statesmen post 72 total wins, including a 23-9 record in 2016-17 and an appearance in the NCAA Division II South Region Semifinals.

He got his start in coaching at the high school level, serving as head coach at Wheaton Warrenville South High School in Wheaton, Ill. and Alleman Catholic High School in Rock Island, Ill.

He graduated from St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn.