Since Jerry Dunbar took over as the head baseball coaching position for Gus Brandt in 1983, he has coached many talented players and watched as they set records on the field.
Possibly one of the best players Dunbar coached is Doug Chitko. Chitko played for NIACC in 1988-’89.
Chitko’s 15 home runs in 1989 is the school record for home runs in one season. 
Brain Mcleod also hit 15 the year before in 1988. Also in the summer of ‘89, Chitko batted for a .420 batting average, good enough for the second highest average since 1983.
Chitko’s talents eventually led to him being drafted by the Minnesota Twins, but Chitko called it a career.
“He was a great hitter and center fielder,” Dunbar said. “He just wasn’t interested in playing ball so he hung it up.”
After holding the batting average record for nine seasons, Chitko’s record was passed by Jamie Teply who hit for an amazing .524 average in 1998. 
Teply’s 43 hits that season fell one short of Mark Pins record of 44 hits in 1992.
The 1996 season proved to be successful for Shane Nelson who set the record with 48 runs scored in a season, Nelson also hit for a .417 average and stole 26 bases.
Also in 1996, Chad Voelker drove in 32 RBI and that also is a record for one season.
Most likely one of Dunbar’s most successful players was Brad Moore. Moore pitches for the Oakland Athletics class A team in the minor leagues. 
Moore, who graduated from Waterloo West High School, in August had appeared in 22 games and had an earned run average under 3.00. He had struck out 31 batters and walked 22 in 30-plus innings.
Moore pitched for Dunbar in the 1994-95 seasons and then continued his career at the University of Northern Iowa before being picked up by the A’s.
Many of the records set since 1983 have been set in the 1990s. According to Dunbar, there is an easy explanation for that.
“Back when I started in ‘83, we were playing 24-26 games a season. As the years progressed, the games increased to about 46 games,” Dunbar said. “The guys didn’t have as many games or at bats in a season as they do now. They didn’t have a chance to hit as many home runs. It has changed dramatically over the last 10 years.”
  

Following graduation 1999, NIACC installed new scorebroards on each side of the gymnasium.  
Although the old scoreboards still functioned, they were outdated and parts were hard to locate. 
Jerry Dunbar, NIACC athletic director, noticed the need for an update and took action.
“I discussed some options with the coaches, and then made a request to the NIACC administration,” Dunbar said.
Dunbar said the new scoreboards will contain many new features.  The most obvious one will be the sign above the scorebroad reading “Home of the Trojans”.  
One of the most useful options will be the new clock.  The new clock will track time to 1/10th of a second, the old clock only measured time in second intervals.  “The diffrence in time can change the outcome of a close game,” Dunbar said.
NIACC purchased the scoreboards with funds from the Joel Picker gift to the NIACC Foundation.  
The gift stipulates that the money must be spent in the athletic area.  The remaining funds will be reserved for athletic scholarships.  
The fate of the old scoreboards had not yet been deteremined last spring.  Dunbar indicated that the scoreboards might be sold during an auction, or the college might keep them for future use.