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Michael Joseph Dunleavy, Sr. (born March 21, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. He is the father of current Indiana Pacers player Mike Dunleavy, Jr.

Dunleavy was born in Brooklyn, New York. Dunleavy graduated from the University of South Carolina where he played under legendary coach Frank McGuire. Drafted in the 6th round of the 1976 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers, the 6'2" guard played for them in that season, then split the following between Philly and the Houston Rockets, playing in Texas until 1982-83, because he spent that season with the neighbouring San Antonio Spurs. After 2 seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks he retired. In 1988-89 and 1989-90, whilst an assistant coach with the Bucks, he helped as a player for 2 and 5 games respectively. In 438 games he averaged 8 points 1.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists.

He entered his first head coaching job in 1990 as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. That year, he led his team to the NBA Finals against the Chicago Bulls but they lost in five games. He joined the Milwaukee Bucks as head coach prior to the 1992-1993 season and remained with them until the end of the 1995-1996 season, in a dual role as Vice President of Basketball Operations and Head Coach. He relinquished his head coaching duties to operate as the General Manager until accepting the job of Head Coach of the Portland Trail Blazers in 1997, with whom he was named NBA Coach of the Year in 1999. He remained in Portland until the end of the 2000-2001 season, when he was fired. He joined the Clippers in 2003. Dunleavy was candidate for the 2006 Coach of the Year (did not win, the award went to Avery Johnson) and led the Clippers to the 2nd round of the playoffs. It was their first appearance in the 2nd round since moving to California.

As the Clippers coach, he is 186-211 as of 1/28/07. He has improved the Clippers' record every year from 2003 and 2006. The Clippers finished 40-42 in 2006-07, out of the playoffs.

Dunleavy has three sons: Mike, Baker (who played for Villanova and after that for Martixx Magixx in the Netherlands), and James, a freshman at USC, who was a nationally touted prospect upon entering college basketball.^{[citation needed]}

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