Mike Dunbar
{{Short description|American football and baseball coach}}
{{for|the Scottish football (soccer) player|Michael Dunbar}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Mike Dunbar
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|12|31}}
| birth_place = Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|9|13|1948|12|31|mf=yes}}
| death_place = Dupont, Washington, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1976–1978
| coach_team2 = Pacific Lutheran (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1980–1982
| coach_team3 = Central Washington (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1983
| coach_team4 = Central Washington
| coach_years5 = 1984–1986
| coach_team5 = UMass (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 1987–1991
| coach_team6 = Central Washington
| coach_years7 = 1992–1993
| coach_years8 = 1994–1996
| coach_team8 = Toledo (AHC/OC)
| coach_years9 = 1997–2000
| coach_team9 = Northern Iowa
| coach_years10 = 2001
| coach_team10 = Northwestern (TE/H-backs/ST)
| coach_years11 = 2002–2005
| coach_team11 = Northwestern (OC)
| coach_years12 = 2006
| coach_team12 = California (OC)
| coach_years13 = 2007–2008
| coach_team13 = Minnesota (AHC/OC)
| coach_years14 = 2010
| coach_team14 = New Mexico State (OC)
| coach_years15 = 2012
| coach_team15 = Northern Illinois (OC)
| coach_sport16 = Baseball
| coach_years17 = 1983
| coach_team17 = Central Washington
| overall_record = 83–24–1 (football)
25–20–1 (baseball)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = Football
0–1 (NAIA D-I playoffs)
4–4 (NAIA D-II playoffs)
| championships = 1 CFL Northern Division (1987)
4 CFA Mount Rainier League (1988–1991)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
Michael L. Dunbar (December 31, 1948 – September 13, 2013) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Central Washington University in 1983 and from 1987 to 1991 and at the University of Northern Iowa from 1997 to 2000, compiling a career college football coaching record of 83–24–1. Dunbar was also the head baseball coach at Central Washington for one season, in 1983, tallying mark of 25–20–1. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1972 with a B.A. in education and from Pacific Lutheran University in 1979 with an M.A. in education. Dunbar died of cancer on September 13, 2013, in his hometown of Dupont, Washington, at the age of 64.{{cite web|title=Longtime college football coach Dunbar dies at 64|work=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=ncf&id=9679229|date=September 15, 2013}}
Head coaching record
=Football=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = TSN }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Central Washington Wildcats
| conf = Evergreen Conference
| startyear = 1983
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1983
| name = Central Washington
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Central Washington Wildcats
| conf = Columbia Football League
| startyear = 1987
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 1987
| name = Central Washington
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = 1st (Northern)
| bowlname = NAIA Division I First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Central Washington Wildcats
| conf = Columbia Football Association
| startyear = 1988
| endyear = 1991
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 1988
| name = Central Washington
| overall = 9–1
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st (Mount Rainier)
| bowlname = NAIA Division II First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 1989
| name = Central Washington
| overall = 10–1–1
| conference = 5–0–1
| confstanding = 1st (Mount Rainier)
| bowlname = NAIA Division II Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 1990
| name = Central Washington
| overall = 11–1
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st (Mount Rainier)
| bowlname = NAIA Division II Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 1991
| name = Central Washington
| overall = 9–1
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st (Mount Rainier)
| bowlname = NAIA Division II First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Central Washington
| overall = 54–9–1
| confrecord = 33–3–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Northern Iowa Panthers
| conf = Gateway Football Conference
| startyear = 1997
| endyear = 2000
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1997
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1998
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1999
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 15
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2000
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 19
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 29–15
| confrecord = 14–10
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 83–24–1
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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{{Northern Iowa Panthers football coach navbox}}
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