Jerry Dunn has been a head coach before. Now, it looks like the Michigan associate head basketball coach could be running a program again.

Dunn, 56, is a candidate for the vacant position at UNC Wilmington according to the Star News in Wilmington, N.C.

Michigan associate head coach Jerry Dunn is a candidate for another head-coaching job.

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Dunn lists Raleigh, N.C. as his home town and graduated from and coached at George Mason from 1977-83, then at West Virginia from 2003-07.

In between, Dunn was an assistant at Penn State from 1983-95 and then head coach of the Nittany Lions from 1995-2003.

Dunn, through a Michigan spokesman, declined to comment on the report.

Dunn took a leave of absence for “personal reasons” in December and was replaced in a coaching role by Jeff Meyer. When Dunn returned, he was placed in an administrative role for the rest of the season.

According to the Star News report, UNCW - which plays in the CAA - is also looking at Citadel head coach Ed Conroy and Vermont head coach Mike Lonergan.

At Penn State, Dunn was 117-121 as a head coach and led the Nittany Lions to the Sweet 16 in 2000-01.

Michael Rothstein covers University of Michigan basketball for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at (734) 623-2558, by e-mail at michaelrothstein@annarbor.com or follow along on Twitter @mikerothstein.