Mike Dunleavy
Mike Dunleavy, Sr. (born March 21, 1954)
Teams coached: Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers, Tulane Green Wave
Tulane record: 24-69 (.258)
Overall record^: 24-69 (.258)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
Awards:
- NBA Coach of the Year: 1 (1999)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2016-2019 | Tulane |
| 2003-2010 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| 1997-2001 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1992-1996 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1990-1992 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1988-1990 | Milwaukee Bucks (asst) |
Mike Dunleavy Facts
- Michael Joseph Dunleavy, Sr.
- Born March 21, 1954
- Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
- Alma Mater: University of South Carolina (1976)
- Played at South Carolina under head coach Frank McGuire; taken by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1976 NBA Draft (6th round)
- Played professionally for the 76ers, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs and Milwaukee Bucks before joining the Bucks coaching staff as an assistant in 1988 (under head coach was Del Harris)
- Dunleavy also filled in as a Bucks player seven times during his two-year run as an assistant
- Besides Harris, coaches Dunleavy played for include Gene Shue, Tom Nissalke, Stan Albeck and Don Nelson
- Spent 17 seasons as an NBA head coach with the Lakers, Bucks, Trail Blazers and Clippers, compiling a 613-716 overall record
- Reached the NBA Finals in his first season as Lakers head coach, where his team lost to Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls
- Went to two straight Western Conference Finals as the Trail Blazers head coach in 1999 and 2000
- Hired as the head coach at Tulane in 2016, after six years away from coaching
- Fired in March 2019 after three seasons, going 24-69 during that stretch with two seasons of 6 or less wins
- Along with his wife, Emily, has three sons
- One of his sons – Mike, Jr. – was an AP All-American at Duke and was drafted by the Golden State Warriors with the 3rd overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft
- Another son, Baker, was on the Villanova staff for seven years and is now the head coach at Quinnipiac
Mike Dunleavy Coaching Tree
- Chucky Brown (Saint Augustine’s)
- Tony Brown (Brooklyn Nets)
- Butch Carter (Toronto Raptors)
- Larry Drew (Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, Atlanta Hawks)
- Kim Hughes (Los Angeles Clippers)
- Walter McCarty (Evansville)
- Doug Overton (Lincoln PA, Springfield Armor)
- Randy Pfund (Los Angeles Lakers)
- Donald Reyes (Loyola LA)
- Byron Scott (Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, New Orleans Hornets, New Jersey Nets)
- Todd Day (Philander Smith)
- Damon Stoudamire (Pacific)
- Rod Strickland (LIU)
- Bonzi Wells (LeMoyne-Owen)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only