UKA continued its policy of promoting from within by appointing Dunn as successor to Peter Eriksson following his move to replace Charles van Commenee in the Olympic set-up.

Eriksson and his staff, which included Dunn, masterminded a remarkable turnaround in Paralympic performance at London 2012.Following just two gold medals in Beijing in 2008 – both for David Weir – Britain won 11 on home soil as part of a total haul of 29. Wheelchair racer Weir again led the way with four golds, while Hannah Cockroft claimed two and Jonnie Peacock, Richard Whitehead, Aled Davies, Mickey Bushell and Josie Pearson won one each.