St. John's assistant from Fairbanks draws high praise [Anchorage Daily News]

The road from Fairbanks to Madison Square Garden has taken Mike Dunlap all over the basketball world and the real world. His resume is long and winding: Three years in Australia coaching the Adelaide professional team. Two seasons in the NBA as an assistant for George Karl. Two NCAA Division II national championships as the head coach at Denver's Metro State. Appearances in the NCAA Division III national championship as the head coach at Cal Lutheran. Jobs as Division I assistant at Arizona, Oregon, USC, Iowa, Loyola-Marymount.

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"Upon his hiring at St. John's, Dunlap was praised by a litany of marquee coaches as a basketball genius:

• "Within the coaching circle, he is looked upon as one of the next Coach Ks or Roy Williams or Calhouns. I don't know a better teacher or mentor than Mike. He is a walking encyclopedia of basketball knowledge," said coaching great George Raveling.

• "Name any top-level, elite coach in the game -- the only difference between Mike and them is their address. There is no higher level of coaching ability than his. There is absolutely no one better," said Karl.

• "He is one of the outstanding minds in the game," said retired Arizona coach Lute Olson."

Great praise for Coach Dunlap.  Like I said before I would have been happy if we had hired Dunlap as our head coach but I absolutely love the combo of Lavin's recruiting and Dunlap's x's and o's knowledge.  We have an amazing staff, I really hope everyone stays around for the long haul.

Not sure how long he will be around. It's a good thing that he is going to be selective when it comes to taking another position.