Who Is New Would-Be Arizona Wildcats Head Coach Mike Dunlap?

With the news that Lute Olson is supposedly stepping down as head coach at Arizona, associate coach Mike Dunlap would now take over a program that has the longest current streak of NCAA Tournament appearances.

But who is Dunlap?

Dunlap became an assistant to Lute Olson back in May after an ugly breakup with 2007-2008 interim coach Kevin O'Neill. Dunlap spent the last two seasons as an assistant for the Denver Nuggets. Before that, he was the head coach at Metro State College in Denver for nine seasons, leading them to a 248-50 record and two NCAA Division II championships.

Dunlap was a candidate for the head jobs at California, Oregon State and the NBA's Chicago Bulls when the Wildcats came calling. It had been rumored that he was promised to succeed Olson at Arizona, though neither Olson or Dunlap would confirm that.

That may be a bit premature. There have been rumblings that the school will do a full search for a new head coach. And, yes, Bobby Knight's name has been thrown out there among fans.