HBCU ladies’s basketball is gaining one other veteran chief. Virginia Union College has named Alico Dunk because the tenth head coach within the historical past of its program. Dunk, a longtime presence in HBCU athletics, replaces Tierra Terry, who took the Winston-Salem State job in April.
The college will introduce Dunk at a press convention on Friday, June 13, at 12:00 p.m. The occasion can be held at Barco-Stevens Corridor on Virginia Union’s campus in Richmond, Virginia.
Dunk brings greater than 20 years of teaching expertise at HBCUs. He most not too long ago spent eight seasons as the pinnacle coach at Stillman School. In 2025, he led the Woman Tigers to a 26-6 document, the perfect at school historical past. That season included an HBCU Athletic Convention regular-season title and the varsity’s first win within the NAIA Nationwide Match. Dunk gained 112 video games at Stillman—greater than any ladies’s coach there up to now 40 years.
Earlier than that, he coached the ladies’s group at Elizabeth Metropolis State College. Over 5 seasons, he led the Woman Vikings to an 83-56 document. They gained two CIAA Northern Division titles throughout his tenure. In 2013, he was named CIAA Coach of the 12 months after a 24-4 season and a 15-1 mark in league play.
Dunk additionally coached the ECSU males’s group and served as an assistant throughout their 2007 CIAA Championship run.
A local of Ayden, North Carolina, Dunk was a standout in soccer and basketball at Ayden-Grifton Excessive Faculty. He started his faculty profession at Tennessee, then transferred to East Carolina College. He was a two-year captain at ECU and earned a level in Train and Sports activities Science in 1999.
After commencement, he taught and coached highschool basketball earlier than enjoying professionally in Asia. He later earned a grasp’s diploma in Sports activities Administration from Virginia State College.
[/Dunk’s return to the CIAA adds another seasoned voice to HBCU women’s basketball.
