Background
Dunbar was born in Houston, Texas but grew up in Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, and played basketball for the former African American Webster High School (since consolidated into Minden High School).
Dunbar was born in Houston, Texas but grew up in Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, and played basketball for the former African American Webster High School (since consolidated into Minden High School).
Minden High School; University of Houston.
His father, Louis Dunbar, Senior, was a deputy for Sheriff O.H. Haynes, Junior., the father of the Minden football star Fred Haynes. Lou played for the University of Houston between 1972 and 1975. He served as a boys’ basketball coach in the Houston area and conducted private basketball lessons.
Dunbar is a member of "Legends of Basketball", the National Basketball Retired Players Association.