Louis Dunbar

Who is Louis Dunbar?

Louis "Sweet Lou" Dunbar is the Director of Player Personnel, and a former 27-year veteran basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters.

Dunbar was born in Houston, Texas but grew up in Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, and played basketball for the former African American Webster High School. His father, Louis Dunbar, Sr., was a deputy for Sheriff O.H. Haynes, Jr., the father of the Minden football star Fred Haynes.

Lou played for the University of Houston between 1972 and 1975.

He served as a boys’ basketball coach in the Houston area and conducted private basketball lessons. He has also coached at First Presbyterian School.

Dunbar is a member of "Legends of Basketball", the National Basketball Retired Players Association.

Dunbar is also founder of the R&B outfit, The GT 5,6, Seven. They had a minor hit in 1985 with "Pass The Rock".