Arizona hired Pasternack on May 19, 2011 after Archie Miller, brother of Arizona Head Coach Sean Miller, left to become head coach at Dayton. Prior to the 2013–14 season Pasternack was promoted to the position of associate head coach.
Before coming to Arizona Pasternack served for four years as the head coach of the New Orleans Privateers, a position he took in July 2007 after the resignation of Buzz Williams. He earned a record of 54–60 (.474) while there.
Pasternack's first professional coaching position was at California, where he served as an assistant coach from 2000 until 2007 under head coach Ben Braun.
“He’s a monster,” UC Santa Barbara coach Joe Pasternack told MLive on Tuesday ... “They’re really balanced at all five positions and they really play their roles very well,” Pasternack said.
HENDERSON, Nev ... “Hey, it shouldn’t affect our defense,” coach EricOlen quipped before the game ... (K.C ... Then back-to-back 3s by Aidan Burke and Nordin Kapic before UCSB coach Joe Pasternack decided that, yeah, his team might need a timeout down 14 ... (K.C ... .
“They kept us off-balance the whole 40 minutes,” CSUN coach Andy Newman said of UCSB. “We just couldn’t quite get into a rhythm.” ... “Any time in March, you have to be able to survive and stay poised on all runs,” UCSB coach Joe Pasternack said ... .