 He was finally offered the head coaching position at Liberty University after the school suffered through four disappointing seasons under Hankinson.Dunton brought in some junior college players and helped lead the team to a second-place finish in his first year back, and then Liberty won the Big South Conference championship and an NCAA Tournament berth in 2004.However, his team slipped in subsequent years and did not have a winning record from 2004–05 to 2006–07.