Hall of Fame

Mike Dunlap

Mike Dunlap

  • Class
  • Induction
    2012
  • Sport(s)
    Coach/Administrator
Dunlap RMAC Hall of Fame Video

Dunlap led the Roadrunners to two NCAA Division II national championships in 2000 and 2002. He left Metro State with a career record of  248-50 (.832) overall and 142-29 (.830) in RMAC games. Dunlap was named National Coach of the Year three times (2000, 2002, 2004) and was recognized as the top men’s basketball coach in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference history at the Centennial Celebration in 2009. Metro State went to the NCAA Division II tournament in each of his nine seasons as head coach. In five of those nine seasons, MSCD went to the Elite Eight (1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005). Dunlap’s teams also captured four RMAC regular season championships and six RMAC Tournament championships. Since leaving Metro State in 2006, Dunlap has served as assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets, the University of Arizona and the University of Oregon. He served as assistant head coach at St. John’s University (2010-12) and filled in as head coach during games while Steve Lavin recovered from surgery.  On June 20, 2012, the Charlotte Bobcats named Dunlap as their fifth head coach in franchise history.