19 Facts About Dave Gunther

David C Gunther was an American basketball player and coach.

Dave Gunther served as the head basketball coach at the University of North Dakota from 1970 to 1988.

Dave Gunther was born in 1937 and attended Le Mars High School in Le Mars, Iowa.

Dave Gunther attended Le Mars High School and, as a senior, was selected as the first-team center on the 1955 All-Iowa basketball team.

Dave Gunther enrolled at the University of Iowa and played for the Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team at the forward position from 1956 to 1959.

Dave Gunther scored 271 points as a sophomore, 435 points as a junior, and 482 points as a senior.

Dave Gunther was selected as Iowa's most valuable player three consecutive years.

Dave Gunther closed his college career with 1,188 points, tying the Iowa career scoring record set by Bill Logan from 1954 to 1956.

Dave Gunther was selected by the Philadelphia Warriors in the eighth round of the 1959 NBA draft but Dave Gunther stated at the time that he was not interested in playing professional basketball.

Dave Gunther played a portion of the season with the Pistons before being sold to the Williamsport Billies of the Eastern Professional Basketball League.

Dave Gunther was selected as rookie of the year in the EPBL and selected to the All-EPBL Second Team in 1961.

Dave Gunther's season was cut short when he was called back into military service.

Dave Gunther began his coaching career in 1963 as a head coach at Charles City High School in Charles City, Iowa.

Dave Gunther next served as head basketball coach at Kimball High School in Royal Oak, Michigan, from 1964 to 1967.

Dave Gunther was selected as the Nebraska coach of the year in 1968 by the Lincoln Journal and in 1969 by the Omaha World Herald.

Dave Gunther continued to hold that position for 18 years until his retirement in March 1988.

In 1993, Dave Gunther was hired as head basketball coach at Buena Vista in Storm Lake, Iowa.

Dave Gunther retired in 2001 after six years at Bemidji.

Dave Gunther died at his home in Mesa, Arizona on March 16,2024, at the age of 86.