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Former Metro State Men’s Basketball coach Mike Dunlap had his first gig as NBA head coach start off pretty well with the Charlotte Bobcats. Through their first 12 games, the Bobcats had posted a 7-5 record. A record that had already amassed last season’s win total when they went 7-59 in the lock-out shortened season in 2011. But since November 24th, the Bobcats have lost 14 straight and now sit at 7-19, which is good for 13th in the Eastern Conference. A losing record, let alone coaching a losing team, is not something that Head Coach Mike Dunlap is familiar with.
At the helm of the men’s basketball team at Metro State, Mike Dunlap had an overall record of 248-50 from 1997-2006. Ever since his tenure at Metro State, Mike Dunlap was an assistant for the Denver Nuggets from 2006-2008, and also held assistant head coaching positions at Arizona, Oregon, and St. Johns. All colleges of which, have not been familiar with losing culture in quite some time. A change to the NBA coaching the Bobcats has left Mike Dunlap in some pretty unfamiliar territory. Let’s hope he can turn around the organization soon just like he did for Metro State.
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