Jerry Dunn
Jerry Dunn (born May 6, 1953)
Teams coached: Penn State Nittany Lions, Tuskegee Golden Tigers
Penn State record: 117-121 (.492)
Tuskegee record^: 52-87 (.374)
Overall record^: 169-208 (.448)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1996, 2001)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (2001)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 1998)
- NIT Appearances: 1 (1998)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2014-2019 | Tuskegee |
| 2012-2013 | New York Knicks (asst) |
| 2007-2010 | Michigan (asst) |
| 2003-2007 | West Virginia (asst) |
| 1995-2003 | Penn State |
| 1983-1995 | Penn State (asst) |
| 1977-1983 | George Mason (asst) |
Jerry Dunn Facts
- Jerry Michael Dunn
- Born May 6, 1953
- Hometown: Washington, DC
- Alma Mater: George Mason University (BA, 1981)
- Born in Raleigh, NC and raised in Washington, DC, Dunn first attended Casper College (WY)
- Injury forced an end to his playing career and he later finished his degree at George Mason back home in DC
- Started his coaching career there, too, spending three seasons each assisting head coaches John Linn and Joe Harrington
- First arrived at Penn State in 1983, spending 12 seasons as an assistant under Bruce Parkhill
- Was a part of four NIT trips and one NCAA Tournament berth (1991), as well as the program’s move to the Big Ten
- Took over as the Nittany Lions’ head coach in 1995 following Parkhill’s resignation
- Spent eight seasons at the helm, going 117-121 overall and reaching the postseason three times
- Finished as NIT Runner-up in 1998 and reached the Sweet Sixteen in 2001 (the program’s first since 1955)
- Won 19+ games in four his first six years, but stepped down in 2003 following back-to-back 7-21 finishes
- Spent eight seasons at the helm, going 117-121 overall and reaching the postseason three times
- Joined John Beilein‘s staff as an assistant at West Virginia in 2003 and followed him to Michigan in 2007
- Later spent one season as an assistant with NBA’s New York Knicks, working under head coach Mike Woodson
- Returned to college coaching in 2014, spending the next five seasons leading Division II Tuskegee (AL)
- Went 52-87 during his time with the Golden Tigers, failing to reach the postseason
- Following the 2018-19 season, the school chose not to renew Dunn’s contract as head coach
- Along with his wife, Gwendolyn, has three children
Jerry Dunn Coaching Tree
- Joe Crispin (Rowan)
- Ed DeChellis (Navy, Penn State, East Tennessee State)
- Dan Earl (Chattanooga, VMI)
- Frank Haith (Tulsa, Missouri, Miami FL)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels