There is no doubt Dan Dunn is battle tested. With three state titles and three state runner-up finishes to his prep coaching credit in the 1970s and early ’80s, Dunn has credentials.

After serving as Mesa Community College’s athletic director on an interim basis for the past year, Dan Dunn has been selected from a pool of 40 applicants to fill the position on a permanent basis, according to an announcement Wednesday by the school’s president, Larry K. Christiansen.

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After several weeks of consideration, Dan Dunn has decided to resign as Mesa Community College’s football coach. Mike Jacobs, who joined the MCC staff last year, has been named interim head coach.

Gilbert coach Dan Dunn said he's stepping down as the Tigers football coach.

Gilbert High kicked off the second Dan Dunn era Monday night when the Tigers officially hit the field for the first time in 2009.

Mesa Community College athletic director and football coach Dan Dunn will be inducted into the Mercer Co., Pa., Hall of Fame this weekend.

Outfielders Adam Dunn and Jermaine Dye are prominent among the bats who appear available to contenders looking to spruce up an offense, and even bigbopper Dunn — subject of trade rumors for the last several seasons, both in-season and out — seems to believe he is gone.

DENVER – Adam Dunn had his first two Diamondbacks’ RBIs on Thursday and Dan Haren did what he seemingly always does.

Mesa Community College football coach Dan Dunn was named NJCAA Region 1 football coach of the year Thursday by the Western States Football League.

The sun sears the sky with streaks of orange and red as it sets over the wooded hills near Payson.

Adam Dunn made his second consecutive start at first base Tuesday, and if that continues to be his position down the stretch, he can adjust. "The more I play, the more comfortable I'll feel," Dunn said.

Western States Football League insiders agree that former Red Mountain High School assistant Dan Dunn not only was the right man for the vacant Mesa Community College coaching job, but he was also the guy who could turn the struggling program around immediately.

A reception for incoming members of the Chandler City Council will be 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Vision Gallery, 10 E. Chicago Street.

Mesa Community College school administrators agreed Monday not to raise academic eligibility requirements that had threatened some of the college’s athletes.

It was billed as the game of the week, but visiting Snow College made sure Mesa Community College knew why it is ranked first in the National Junior College Athletic Association, beating MCC at home 48-17 and handing the Thunderbirds their first loss of the season.

Trinity Donovan was elected Chandler's vice mayor for the coming year by the City Council on Thursday night.

Mesa Community College’s football team neared the completion of a turnaround season by defeating Glendale Community College 31-17 Saturday and grabbing a spot in the Valley of the Sun Bowl.

Longtime football assistant Tim Rutt is expected to become Gilbert's new football coach, according to three sources with knowledge of the situation.

Gilbert hired Mesquite defensive coordinator Leland Rodgers as its new football coach on Tuesday.