Lin Dunn - Women's Basketball

Lin Dunn served as Head Coach of the Women's Basketball program from 1978-87, where she accumulated a 149-119 record with the Hurricanes.
During her nine seasons in Coral Gables, Dunn guided the Hurricanes to their first-ever ranking in the Associated Press Top 20 in 1985 and to its first Florida State Championship in 1981. She was the 1981 Florida Coach of the Year and served with the 1986 United States Women's Basketball Team in 1986.
Dunn served as President of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association in 1984-85.
Her career at UM started in 1978-79 where she had the challenge of bringing a relatively young program into bigger pastures. The Hurricanes had three coaches over its first six seasons were looking to make a larger imprint on the women's basketball scene. Prior to her arrival in Miami, Dunn served as the head coach at Mississippi (1977-78) and Austin Peay State (1970-76).
Her first year saw UM finish 10-13 and place fifth in the state. The team rebounded largely in her second season posting an 18-16 record, the most wins by a UM squad in its nine-year history, and finished tied for third in the state. Dunn's impact became apparent in her third season with Miami (1980-81), as the Hurricanes forged a 24-15 record; still among the top season win totals in school history. That squad claimed its first state title with a three-game sweep of South Florida, Florida State and Florida at the state tournament held in Dayton Beach. From there, the record-setting team made its first postseason appearance in the AIAW Region III Championship.
Her 1981-82 squad followed up on its previous seasons' success with a 19-10 record, a third-place finish in Florida and another berth into the AIAW postseason tournament. After going 14-13 in 1982-83 and 19-12 in 1983-84, Dunn's seventh season resulted in her top win percentage (.750) 21-7. Her final two seasons, Miami went 9-18 in 1985-86 and 15-15 in her final campaign in 1986-87.
Following her time spent at the University of Miami, Dunn went on to coach at Purdue University for nine more seasons where she went an impressive 206-68 overall. She led the Boilermakers to seven NCAA tournament appearances, three Big Ten championships and one Final Four in 1994. Dunn then made the move to the professional ranks, coaching in the ABL with the Portland Power and in the WNBA with the Seattle Storm.
Among the current record-holding players Dunn has coached at Miami were Maria Rivera, Robin Harmony, Cordelia Fulmore, Sylvia Wilson, Donna Mapp, Joani Bowles, Wendy Foote, Jill Poorman, Elaine Harlow and Lorretta Harvey.