2009 Michigan Women's Lacrosse
Jen Dunbar

Head Coach
2nd Season

  • Second season as head coach at Michigan

  • Eleventh year coaching lacrosse

  • B.A. in Physical Education and Health from Ohio Wesleyan University

  • Masters of Education degree in Exercise Physiology from Wayne State University

  • Currently resides in Royal Oak, MI

Jen Dunbar enters her second season as Head Coach for the Michigan women's lacrosse team.

Previously, Dunbar coached the Grosse Pointe South JV squad before taking on the head job as the Varsity coach at Birmingham. Under Dunbar’s direction, Birmingham has won the past two Michigan State Championships. This will be her 11th year coaching with four coming at Grosse Pointe South and seven at Birmingham where the team has won the past two state championships. Dunbar is also credited with the formation of the Detroit Lacrosse Club, a travel lacrosse team for middle school through college-aged players.

Dunbar's other coaching experience comes at the youth and high school level in soccer, basketball, and tennis. Dunbar was a three-sport athlete (soccer, lacrosse, basketball) at Ohio Wesleyan University where she earned her B.A. in Physical Education and Health. During her college career, Dunbar was named all conference in both soccer and lacrosse.

Having also obtained her teaching certificate, Dunbar earned a Masters of Education degree in Exercise Physiology from Wayne State in 2001. Recently, Dunbar has opened up her own athletic training business, Old Skool Training.