Lin Dunn

The fourth head coach in Indiana Fever history, Lin Dunn is also the winningest coach in franchise history, boasting a six-year record of 119-85 (.583) with the 2012 WNBA championship as the finest accomplishment in a distinguished 42-year career.

The 2014 campaign is her seventh as Indiana’s head coach.

Already regarded as one of the most successful women’s basketball coaches in history, Dunn has led the Fever to four trips to the conference finals and a pair of appearances in the WNBA Finals. Including three years as head coach of the Seattle Storm, Dunn ranks seventh in regular season coaching wins (152-148, .507) in WNBA history is tied for third in postseason victories (20-18, .526).

Her current streak of six straight WNBA Playoffs appearances matches Seattle’s Brian Agler with the longest active streak in the league.

Dunn is well-chronicled as one of the nation’s foremost pioneers of women’s basketball and one of its most prominent coaches and leaders, she has been a proven winner at both the college and pro levels, evidenced by three hall of fame inductions in 2010 and another in 2012. She is scheduled for induction into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in June 2014.

Dunn also has earned induction into the athletic halls of fame at both Miami and Austin Peay. She served as chair of the Kodak All-America Selection Committee from 1982-88 and was president of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association in 1984-85.

Dunn earned a B.S. degree in health, physical education and English from Tennessee-Martin. A year later, she received an M.S. degree in physical education from Tennessee-Knoxville.