Coaches

HEAD COACH: JOHN DUNLAP

In Fall 2009, John Dunlap will be entering his ninth season at Southeastern University.

Last year, Coach Dunlap won his 400th game, and he has a career record of 402-316 over 21 years of coaching. He has a 194-96 record here at Southeastern.

Coach Dunlap has led the Fire to top-five finishes nationally five out of the past six seasons, including a fourth place finish in 2008-2009.

In 2004-2005, Coach Dunlap led Southeastern to a 30-8 overall record and the school's first NCCAA II National Championship in men's basketball.

Under Coach Dunlap, the Fire set an NCCAA South Region record by winning 40 straight South Region games. He has an amazing record of 119-16 versus South Region opponents over his career.

Coach Dunlap came to Southeastern after 13 years as the head coach at Webber International University in Babson Park, Florida. As a head coach, he had collected more than 200 career wins, two appearances at the NAIA National Tournament, and a perfect 17-0 conference record in the Florida Sun Conference in 1992-93. Dunlap also was selected as the Florida Sun Conference Coach of the Year in 1992-93 and 1993-94.

Coach Dunlap is not just a terrific coach but also an outstanding judge of talent. Recruiting some of the best players from around the country to play for Southeastern, he has been the key to bringing Southeastern athletics into national prominence.

Coach Dunlap and his wife have been married for over 20 years and have a daughter, Katie, and two sons, Josiah and Zachary.

ASSISTANT COACH: EDDIE ANDERSON

Coach Eddie Anderson was named an assistant coach in 2005 and brings a tremendous knowledge of the game to the Fire coaching staff.

Coach Anderson was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, in 1959. He played three sports at Daviess County High School in Kentucky and played basketball at Manatee Community College in Florida.

He also coached youth basketball nine years and was recently an assistant basketball coach at Kathleen Senior High School from 1999-2004. He was a part of the Kathleen High School state basketball championship run in 2000 and has coached great players such as Rashad Anderson (UConn) and Chris Richards (University of Florida).

Anderson has been in the car business for more than 20 years, and he is the owner of Eddie Anderson Motors on South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, Florida. He is a member of Highland Park Church of the Nazarene.

He has three children: Danielle, Amber, and Luke.

Coach Anderson's motto in life is that "you are not measured in life by what you have, but by how you give back."