Buchanan serves as the program’s director of basketball operations, and he is responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of the men’s basketball program and office. His duties include opponent scouting, opponent film breakdown and analysis, recruiting, weights and conditioning, compliance and developing post players. He also coordinates all of Clayton State’s camps, Coach Gibbons’ Florida camps and his overseas camps in Belgium and Martinique.

Along with Gibbons and fellow assistant coach Cory Baldwin, Buchanan has been responsible for assembling each of the last five Clayton State recruiting classes that ranked among the nation’s best.

Buchanan has help lead the Lakers to two 20-victory seasons in the last three years, including a 22-8 record in 2003-04, the second best record in school history. The Lakers have averaged 19 wins over the last four seasons and have finished in the top five in the 12-team Peach Belt Conference each season, which includes winning 2001-02 PBC Championship.

In addition to being alongside Coach Gibbons at Clayton State, Buchanan also coached with Gibbons during the most successful season ever at Florida Southern. The program was 32-2 in 1999-00, ranked No. 1 in the country, and advanced to the Division II Elite Eight.

He also coordinated and oversaw Florida Southern's successful summer tour in Europe. During the tour, Florida Southern played in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France, beating two Division professional clubs compiling a 6-2 record. 

Prior to working as an assistant at FSC, Buchanan served as head coach at Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, FL for five years. Buchanan, who was one of the youngest at 22 to be named a head men’s high school basketball coach in Florida, is the all-time winningest coach at Eau Gallie and led the squad to two state playoff appearances and an era of notoriety as a solid program around the state. Twelve of his players went on to play at the collegiate level.

Buchanan has traveled extensively throughout his coaching career. Conducting of overseas basketball camps, coaching in the ABA and his current collegiate recruiting duties has enabled him to visit many states and most major cities across America, as well as, countries like Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, Guadaloupe and Martinique.

A graduate of the University of Central Florida in with a bachelor's degree social science, Buchanan also starred as a junior college player at Brevard Community College in Florida, playing for coach Don Smith.