Lin Dunn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetLin Dunn
American basketball coach
Date of Birth: 10-May-1947
Place of Birth: Dresden, Tennessee, United States
Profession: basketball coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Lin Dunn
- Lin Dunn (born May 10, 1947) is an American women's basketball coach, currently an special assistant to the head coach with Kentucky.
- She is most known for being the first coach and general manager for the Seattle Storm.
- She has more than 500 wins to her name. The 1969 University of Tennessee at Martin graduate coached for decades in the college ranks, amassing a 447-257 record in 25 seasons as a college head coach.
- In her tenure at Austin Peay State University (1970–1976), the University of Mississippi (1977–1978), the University of Miami (1978–1987) and Purdue University (1987–1996), she made the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship seven times, and the Final Four once, in 1994 with Purdue.
- She is in the Athletics Hall of Fame at both Austin Peay and Miami.
- Dunn also was president of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association in 1984-85. Dunn was abruptly fired at Purdue after the 1995-96 season, but resurfaced in the pros with the American Basketball League's Portland Power in 1996.
- She was ABL's coach of the year in 1998, right before that league folded.
- Dunn then became the first coach and GM of the expansion Seattle Storm in the ABL's rival, the WNBA.
- Her folksy southern personality was a hit in Urbane, Seattle, with fans often wearing Dunn masks and quoting her rustic aphorisms.
- The team started with a dismal 6-26 season. Dunn left the Storm just as it was starting to have success.
- New superstars Lauren Jackson and Sue Bird led the team to the 2002 playoffs, where they were swept by the Los Angeles Sparks.
- Dunn then resigned, leaving the path open for Anne Donovan to build a championship team just two seasons later. Dunn is a former head coach of the Indiana Fever.
- Dunn won the WNBA championship with the Fever on October 21, 2012. On May 6, 2014, Dunn announced her retirement from coaching at the end of the year. On June 14, 2014; Dunn was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.On May 24, 2016, she was introduced as an assistant coach for Matthew Mitchell at Kentucky.
- On May 26, 2017, UK Athletics announced that Coach Dunn had signed a one-year contract extension.In 2018, her role at Kentucky changed to special assistant to the head coach.
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