Saturday, October 18, 2025
Friday, October 17, 2025
Former Maysville Bulldogs basketball coach Lyle Dunbar passed away on Thursday
Former Maysville Bulldogs basketball coach Lyle Dunbar passed away on Thursday. He was 90.
Dunbar, a member of the Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame, was the coach at Maysville for the 1974-75 season.
He came here after coaching at Scottsville. Dunbar told me in a 2011 interview he was going to retire after the 1973-74 season, but while he was working as a tobacco adjuster and attending a tobacco meeting, he heard about the opening at Maysville, applied and got the job.
Dunbar started three freshmen—Cere Myrick, Eddie Davis and Tim Gilbert.
The Bulldogs lost to Fleming County in the semifinals of the 39th District Tournament and finished the season with a 14-13 record.
Dunbar took the coaching job at Christian County in 1975 and led the Colonels to state runner-up finishes in 1976 and 1979.
The gymnasium at Christian County is named for Dunbar.
Dunbar was a three-year starter at Kentucky Wesleyan and was a teammate of 'King" Kelly Coleman.
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Former MHS coach Lyle Dunbar will be inducted into the Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame
Lyle Dunbar, who was the coach of the Maysville Bulldogs for one season (1974-75), is a member of the Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2022.
Dunbar coached at Fordsville, West Hopkins, Scottsville, Maysville and Christian County. He is 16th on the state's all-time win list for boys' basketball coaches with 628 victories.
Dunbar succeeded Tom Creamer as the Maysville Bulldogs coach in 1974. He guided Maysville to a 14-13 record.
Dunbar guided Christian County to state runner-up finishes in 1976 and 1979.
The 2022 Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Celebration is scheduled on Saturday, August 13 at 7 p.m. at State Theatre in Elizabethtown.
The Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame, established in 2012, is located in Elizabethtown.