Steve Dunlap Named to National Wrestling Hall of Fame
STEVE DUNLAP
Steve Dunlap, assistant director of Athletics at Union Public Schools, received the “Lifetime Service to Wrestling” award from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma Chapter.
Dunlap joins a class of Oklahoma honorees that includes Paul Ameen, J. Carl Guymon, Bill Harlow and Jack McCutchen. Dunlap will be permanently recognized at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in Stillwater.
Dunlap was recognized with other honorees, including Congressman John Sullivan, at the Crown Plaza Hotel in downtown Tulsa on Nov. 13.
Dunlap, a successful wrestling coach from Broken Arrow High School, joined Union in 2002. During his tenure at BAHS, Dunlap led the Tigers to seven state championship titles, amassing an impressive 289-60 overall win-loss record and earning four national top ten rankings by the USA Today. In addition, Dunlap founded, directed and coached the Broken Arrow USA Wrestling spring and summer programs.
Dunlap earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education from the University of Central Oklahoma and completed his Master of Education Administration degree at Northeastern State University in 2004. Before joining Broken Arrow schools, he taught and coached at Edmond Public Schools, where he served on the wrestling and football staffs.
Dunlap’s numerous coaching honors include the following:
- NHSACA National Coach of the Year Finalist, 2001
- USA Oklahoma Wrestling Lifetime Achievement Award, 2001
- OCA Oklahoma Wrestling Coach of the Year, 1999 and 2001
- OWCA Class 5A Wrestling Coach of the Year, 1998-2001 (Four times)
- Matside National Wrestling Coach of the Year, 1998
- OCA Region 7 Wrestling Coach of the Year, 1997- 2001 (Five times)
- Conference Wrestling Coach of the Year, 1993–2001 (Seven times)
- Oklahoma High School Assistant Wrestling Coach of the Year, 1990
- Oklahoma Junior High Wrestling Coach of the Year, 1986
- For more information, visit www.wrestlinghalloffame.org and click on the Awards page for lifetime service.
Updated 11-22-2005
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