Dewayne Bunch

Dewayne Bunch (born March 15, 1959) is a Republican politician in Tennessee who formerly served in the Tennessee General Assembly and is now a magistrate judge in the Tenth Judicial District of Tennessee.

Education and early career Dewayne Bunch was born in Athens, Tennessee. Bunch graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Tennessee Technological University in 1981. He obtained a master's degree from East Tennessee State University in 1984 and a J.D. from University of Tennessee College of Law at Knoxville in 1990.

Bunch served as wrestling coach for Science Hill High (Johnson City, Tennessee) and Cleveland Junior High (Cleveland, Tennessee) in the early 1980s. After entering the legal profession, he was an attorney and partner at McCoin, McCoin, Bunch and Associates. He was also critical of Tennessee laws that allow for appointment of judges. Unlike the state's other administrative law judges, who are based in Nashville, it was announced that Bunch would live and work in East Tennessee.