Dirk Dunbar

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Dirk Dunbar (born April 1, 1954 in Cadillac , Michigan ) is a former American basketball coach who, among other things, looked after the Bundesliga club Bamberg in Germany .

career

Dunbar attracted attention as a strong attacking basketball player during his high school years and scored an average of 38.5 points per game in his senior year. He moved to Central Michigan University , where he played from 1972 to spring 1976. With 39 points in the game against the team from Eastern Illinois University , the 1.83-meter-tall build-up player achieved the fourth-best value ever achieved by a Central Michigan player in January 1975. During his time at Central Michigan University, he repeatedly suffered from knee problems that required multiple operations. During the 1975/76 season moved Dunbar to the Eckerd College in the state of Florida . With 41 points scored, he set a new record for Eckerds university team in the 1976/77 season in a duel with Elmhurst College .

Dunbar began his professional career in Iceland and won the 1978 national cup competition with the team Körfuknattleiksdeild ÍS. In 1979 he moved to Germany, where he first worked as a player and coach in Ober-Ramstadt , then in Aschaffenburg and Munich . In 1982 he was a player-coach with the selection of the Technical University of Darmstadt runner-up at the German student championship. In 1983 Dunbar became head coach at FC Bamberg , who had previously been relegated from the basketball league to the 2nd basketball league . He led the Upper Franconian team, which included Kennith Sweet , Mike Boyle and former national player Holger Geschwindner , to the championship title in the southern season of the 2nd Bundesliga and thus to direct promotion to the top German division. In the DBB Cup, the Bamberg team also reached the semifinals under Dunbar's leadership. In the Bundesliga, he initially looked after the team in the 1984/85 season. Shortly before Christmas 1984, the Bambergers separated from Dunbar and promoted his previous assistant Werner Hartmann to the post of head coach.

After returning to the USA, Dunbar worked as a university professor in philosophy.

Private

Dunbar met his future wife in Germany , Ulrike Meier, who came from Freigericht-Altenmittlau in Hesse . Their son Jeremy played basketball at university level like his father before he turned pro.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b About . In: Dirk Dunbar . March 29, 2015 ( dirkdunbar.com [accessed February 21, 2018]).
  2. ↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cmu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/mens-bball-record-book.pdf
  3. ^ Central Michigan Life, Jan. 19, 1976 - Central Michigan University History. Retrieved February 21, 2018 .
  4. ↑ http://static.eckerdtritons.com/custompages/mbasketball/Men's%20Basketball%20Records.pdf
  5. ↑ KKÍ | Saga bikarúrslita KKÍ. Retrieved February 21, 2018 .
  6. ↑ a b Jeremy Dunbar on the trail of his parents. Retrieved February 21, 2018 .
  7. ^ Walter Beyersdorf: Archive season 1983/84 GHP Bamberg. Retrieved February 21, 2018 .
  8. ^ Walter Beyersdorf: Archive season 1984/85 GHP Bamberg. Retrieved February 21, 2018 .
  9. ↑ NWFSC Faculty website. Retrieved February 21, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Dunbar, Dirk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Cadillac , Michigan