Kunnert lead Wahlert to a third-place finish in the Iowa High School State Basketball Tournament as a senior.

[1][2][3] Kunnert attended the University of Iowa, where he scored 1,145 career points, and was the Hawkeyes' all-time leading rebounder at the time of his graduation.

For his career he averaged 15.9 points and 12.7 rebounds for the Hawkeyes under Coach Dick Schultz, after being recruited to Iowa by Ralph Miller.

[6] He was also the 6th overall selection in the first round of the 1973 American Basketball Association draft by the Dallas Chaparrals months before they changed their names to the San Antonio Spurs.

[7] In September, 1973 Kunnert was traded by the Bulls to the Buffalo Braves with Gar Heard for John Hummer and two draft picks.