User talk:Dodie Dunson II

Dorian David Dunson III (born January 6, 1987) is an American college basketball coach currently serving his third season as an assistant coach at University of Alabama at Birmingham under head coach Randy Norton. He joined the UAB staff on June 1, 2018, after spending the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at SIU Edwardsville.

Early life and education
Born in Gardena, Dunson played one season at Iowa State University from 2006 to 2007. Dunson transferred to Vincennes University, helped the Trail Blazers to a 28-6 overall record and the NJCAA District III Tournament championship while making the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Tournament in 2008.

Dunson finished his collegiate college career at Bradley University, where played under head coach Jim Les from 2008 to 2011. As a senior, Dunson earned first team All-Academic Missouri Valley Conference scholar athlete honors and graduated with a bachelor's degree in social work earning magna cum laude honors in 2011 while earning a master's degree in physical education and coaching pedagogy in 2017.

Career
Dunson began his career as a college coach at the junior college level, starting as an assistant at Wabash Valley College from 2013 to 2014. Dunson moved up to the Division I level as the director of basketball operations at Western Illinois University for both men and women's basketball from 2014-2016.

From 2016-2018, Dunson went on to take an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator position at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville under Paula Buscher. In two seasons at SIUE, Dunson helped the Cougars finish too back to back Ohio Valley Conference Tournament appearances, second place Ohio Valley Conference regular season finish, while advancing to the Women’s Basketball Invitational post-season tournament in 2017. The WBI was just the second post-season tournament in the Cougars Division I basketball history.

Dunson left SIU Edwardsville to become an assistant coach at Alabama Birmingham for head coach Randy Norton. Dunson is entering his third season for the Blazers, 46-17 record in the past two seasons, earning back to back 20 win seasons, Conference-USA, and Women's National Invitational Tournament Appearances. the 2018-2019 season, the Blazers recored 26-7 record, marks the second best record in program history while ranked in the NCAA top 20 in eight statistical categories.