Mike Dunlap

Mike Dunlap

Loyola Marymount Lions
Position	Head coach
League	West Coast Conference
Personal information
Born	(1957-05-27) May 27, 1957 Fairbanks, Alaska
Nationality	American
Career information
College	Los Angeles Pierce CC (1976–1978) Loyola Marymount (1978–1980)
Coaching career	1980–present
Career history
As coach:
1980–1985	Loyola Marymount (assistant)
1985–1986	Iowa (assistant)
1986–1989	USC (assistant)
1989–1994	Cal Lutheran
1994–1996	Adelaide 36ers (Australia)
1997–2006	Metro State
2006–2008	Denver Nuggets (assistant)
2008–2009	Arizona (assistant)
2009–2010	Oregon (assistant)
2010–2012	St. John's (assistant)
2012–2013	Charlotte Bobcats
2014–present	Loyola Marymount

Michael Gregory "Mike" Dunlap (born May 27, 1957) is an American basketball coach. The former head coach of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, he is currently coach of Loyola Marymount University.

Dunlap replaced Paul Silas after the Bobcats' 2011-2012 season, in which the team had the worst winning percentage in NBA history. He previously served as the interim head coach and assistant coach at St. John's University, and head coach at Metro State.

He also served as the assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets from 2006 to 2008.

While at Metro State, Dunlap led his team to NCAA titles in 2000 and 2002. He posted an overall record of 248–50, leading the Roadrunners to nine NCAA Tournament appearances in each of his nine seasons as head coach (1997–2006).

Dunlap also served three seasons in Australia (1994-1996) as head coach of the Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League, taking the team to the NBL Grand Final in 1994 against the North Melbourne Giants and the semi-finals in 1995 and 1996. Over his three season in Adelaide Dunlap compiled a 59-36 record before returning to the USA just weeks before the 1997 season following the sudden death of his father, though it was incorrectly reported at the time the move was because of a fallout between Dunlap and 36ers management. Dunlap is credited as the coach who kick-started the NBL career of the 36ers all-time leading home grown player Brett Maher in the 1994 season (Maher had debuted for the 36ers in 1992 and would go on to be the leading point scorer (8,941) and games record holder at the club (526), captaining the team to 3 NBL titles as well as having a distinguished international career for the Australian Boomers before retiring in 2009).

He also spent five years as head basketball coach at California Lutheran University.

In the 2011–12 NBA season the Charlotte Bobcats record was an NBA worst ever 7–59. In the early part of the 2012–13 season, Dunlap led the Bobcats to a 7–5 record, with Charlotte matching its win total from the previous season. However, at that point, the Bobcats went on an 18-game losing streak, but managed to win 8 of their last 19 games. They ultimately finished 21-61, the second-worst record in the NBA. On April 23, 2013, the Bobcats announced that Dunlap had been fired.

Dunlap's appointment as coach of the Bobcats saw him become the first person to be a head coach in both Australia's NBL and in the NBA.

Dunlap is very well known for his implementation and use of a high pressure 1-1-3 Match-Up Zone.

Coaching record

NBA

Legend
Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win-loss %
Post season	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win-loss %

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
Charlotte	2012–13	82	21	61	.256	4th in Southeast	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Career		82	21	61	.256		—	—	—	—

NBL

Legend
Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win-loss %
Post season	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win-loss %

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
Adelaide 36ers	1994	26	18	8	.692	4th	7	4	3	.571	Grand Finalist
Adelaide 36ers	1995	26	17	9	.654	4th	5	2	3	.400	Semi-finals
Adelaide 36ers	1996	26	16	10	.615	6th	5	2	3	.400	Semi-finals
Career		78	51	27	.654		17	8	9	.471

College

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Cal Lutheran Kingsmen (NCAA Division II independent) (1989–1991)
1989–90	Cal Lutheran	5–21
1990–91	Cal Lutheran	14–12
Cal Lutheran Kingsmen (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1991–1994)
1991–92	Cal Lutheran	16–12	11–3	1st	NCAA D-III Sectional
1992–93	Cal Lutheran	20–7	12–2	T–1st	NCAA D-III Regional
1993–94	Cal Lutheran	25–3	12–2	1st	NCAA D-III Sectional
Cal Lutheran:		80–55 (.593)	35–7 (.833)
Metro State Roadrunners (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1997–2006)
1997–98	Metro State	25–5	16–3	1st (East)	NCAA D-II Tournament
1998–99	Metro State	28–6	15–4	T–1st (East)	NCAA D-II Runner–Up
1999–00	Metro State	33–4	17–2	1st (East)	NCAA D-II Champion
2000–01	Metro State	23–7	14–5	3rd (East)	NCAA D-II First Round
2001–02	Metro State	29–6	16–3	2nd (East)	NCAA D-II Champion
2002–03	Metro State	28–5	16–3	2nd (East)	NCAA D-II Second Round
2003–04	Metro State	32–3	19–0	1st (East)	NCAA D-II Final Four
2004–05	Metro State	29–4	16–3	T–1st (East)	NCAA D-II Elite Eight
2005–06	Metro State	21–10	13–6	3rd (East)	NCAA D-II First Round
Metro State:		248–50 (.832)	142–29 (.830)
Loyola Marymount Lions (West Coast Conference) (2014–present)
2014–15	Loyola Marymount	8–23	4–14	T–9th
2015–16	Loyola Marymount	14–17	6–12	T–7th
Loyola Marymount:		22–40 (.355)	10–26 (.278)
Total:		350–145 (.707)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• St. John's University profile