T. R. Dunn

Basketball Player

1955 –

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Who is T. R. Dunn?

Theodore Roosevelt "T. R." Dunn is an American former professional basketball player and coach who is currently an assistant coach with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

A star at the University of Alabama, the 6'4" Dunn was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the second round of the 1977 National Basketball Association Draft. He went on to have a productive 14-year career with three teams: the Blazers, the Denver Nuggets, and the Phoenix Suns. Dunn was named to the NBA's All-Defensive Second Team three times during his career, and he was widely regarded as one of the best rebounding guards of the 1980s.

After retiring in 1991 with 5,033 career points and 4,371 career rebounds, Dunn served six seasons as an assistant coach for the Charlotte Hornets. He later served brief tenures as head coach of the WNBA's Charlotte Sting and as an assistant coach at the University of Alabama, and in 2004 he was hired as an assistant coach for the NBA's Sacramento Kings. In 2007 he became an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets. On December 6, 2011, he was hired as an assistant coach by the Minnesota Timberwolves to work under Rick Adelman.

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Born
Feb 1, 1955
Birmingham
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Alabama
  • West End High School
  • West End High School
Lived in
  • Alabama
  • Birmingham

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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