Jerry Michael Dunn (born May 6, 1953) is an American college basketball coach who was most recently the head coach at Tuskegee. Dunn is a former men's basketball assistant coach at the

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, who held the title of Associate Head Coach. He previously held the same position at

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, but followed head coach

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to Michigan after the 2006–2007 season. Dunn served as the head coach of

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from 1995 to 2003. His twin brother Terry Dunn was the head coach at

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from 2004–05 to 2009–10.

Early life and education

Born in

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, Dunn moved to

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, with his family at age 13, then to

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three years later when his stepfather, a

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officer, was assigned there. Dunn graduated from

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in 1971. He then moved to

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to attend Casper Junior College and played one season of basketball in the 1973–74 season before

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ended his playing career. After completing his associate degree, Dunn returned to Washington, D. C. to work for the federal government. Dunn then enrolled at nearby

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in 1978 and graduated in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in health and physical education with a minor in history.

Coaching career

Dunn is a graduate of

, where he was a player and assistant coach from 1977 to 1983. After 13 seasons as an assistant under

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head coach Bruce Parkhill, Dunn served as the head coach at Penn State from 1995 to 2003. Coach Dunn led his team to its first Top Ten ranking and the 1996 NCAA Tournament. In 2001, he led Penn State to the Big Ten Tournament semi-finals and to a number 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament; Penn State beat number 2 seed, North Carolina, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in over half a century. Coach Dunn reached 50 wins and 100 wins faster than any other head men's basketball coach in Penn State history. Dunn served as an assistant coach on

's staff at

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from 2003 to 2007. He followed Beilein to the University of Michigan when Beilein was hired as the Michigan head basketball coach. On December 29, 2009, Dunn took an indefinite leave of absence from Michigan due to personal matters. Prior to becoming head coach at Tuskegee, Jerry Dunn was Assistant Coach Player Development for the New York Knicks. On May 15, 2019, Tuskegee announced that it would not be renewing Dunn's contract.url=https://goldentigersports.com/news/2019/5/14/mens-basketball-coach-jerry-dunns-contract-not-renewed.aspx

Head coaching record

References

External links

Tuskegee profile
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