Bob Dunn was named the eighth head coach of the Cleveland State women's basketball program on April 13.
A Cleveland area native, Dunn spent three years with Cleveland State as an assistant coach (2021-23, 2024-25), helping the Vikings to the 2023 Horizon League Championship title and three postseason appearances. During Cleveland State's 2022-23 Horizon League Championship season, Dunn helped the Vikings to a program-record 30-5 mark and their third NCAA Tournament appearance in program history.
In addition to the NCAA Tournament bid, Dunn helped the Vikings to a runner-up finish at the 2022 WBI and a Fab 4 appearance in the 2025 WNIT.
During his three seasons as an assistant coach with the Vikings, Cleveland State recorded three 20-win seasons, amassing an 80-24 overall record.
Most recently, Dunn spent the 2025-26 campaign as an assistant coach at Penn State where he focused on recruiting, offensive scheming, data analytics, and post coaching – including Gracie Merkle who finished as the NCAA Single-Season Field Goal Percentage leader.
Dunn also has Power 4 experience at Miami, where he was an assistant coach for the 2023-24 season, helping the Hurricanes to a 19-12 record and an ACC Tournament Quarterfinal appearance.
In addition, Dunn spent six seasons as an assistant coach and international recruiter at George Mason, developing back-to-back A-10 Players of the Year while also helping the team to the most wins in a single-season in program history during 2017-18.
His first collegiate coaching opportunity came at Wagner, where he served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, helping Jasmine Nwajei finish the season as the NCAA Scoring leader.
Dunn also spent two seasons as the video coordinator at Kentucky, helping the Wildcats advance to back-to-back SEC Championship games, while advancing to the NCAA Elite Eight and Sweet 16.
Dunn earned his undergraduate (2010) and graduate (2011) degrees from Dayton where he served as a men's basketball student manager, graduate assistant and video coordinator.
DUNN'S COACHING HISTORY
2025-26 – Penn State (Assistant Coach)
2024-25 – Cleveland State (Assistant Coach)
2023-24 – Miami (Assistant Coach)
2021-23 – Cleveland State (Assistant Coach)
2015-21 – George Mason (Assistant Coach)
2014-15 – Wagner (Assistant Coach)
2012-14 – Kentucky (Video Coordinator)
