[1] He was previously an assistant coach of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He was a four-year letterman and a three-year starter for the Bears from 1987 to 1991 and helped lead his team to both the NCAA and NIT tournaments.
Cleveland also enjoyed great postseason success during Hunt's tenure with the team, reaching the 2007 NBA Finals, the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals and four consecutive appearances in the Eastern Conference Semifinals from 2007 to 2010.
On 2010, after finishing his contract with Cleveland, he signed with the Denver Nuggets, spending the next few years as an assistant coach.
He was appointed the interim head coach of the Nuggets after Brian Shaw was fired on March 3, 2015.