Lute Olson stepping down as Arizona coach

[Gerk]

The news, which was initially reported by ESPN's Dick Vitale, was confirmed by a source close to the program.
Olson has not officially informed the team yet. Associate coach Mike Dunlap, a former national championship-winning coach at Division II Metro State and an assistant with the Denver Nuggets, will take over on an interim basis. It's highly unlikely Dunlap will be named the head coach permanently until the end of the season at earliest, due to the debacle last season with Kevin O'Neill

[JDSilk]

Great coach. Great program. I am sure everyone here can agree on that. It will be interesting to see how the program does from here on out.

[mikeswinner]

well, dunlap declined the job and this clown pennel took the job.
there goes the program!
LOL
why would az stoop this low for a coach?
they can get anyone they want.

[Jhawk221]

Dunlap pissed they labled him with interm tag. He throws a hissy fit and refuses the job. AZ is a mess right now, Abdul Gaddy is probably headed to UCLA now. Lute just rolled over in his grave. Whoever takes that job has a big task ahead of them. Not saying its gonna happen but hear there has been contact w/ calapari. Scary if he were to end up there, hes killing it in recruiting to Memphis, dont even wanna know what he could to at AZ