Gene Dunlap (born June 19, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan),^[2] is an American jazz/soul/disco drummer^[1] and bandleader.

Gene Dunlap was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and he began playing drums as a high school student.^[1][3] He joined the guitarist Earl Klugh as a drummer. In later years, he also performed with Roy Ayers, who played the vibraphone, and guitarist Grant Green.^[3]

Afterward, he rejoined Earl Klugh during the mid-1970s,^[1] to record a series of albums during a period of 20 years, including some albums for Capitol Records.^[4] After 1994, Dunlap quit performing and taught inner city youth in Detroit, but returned as a bandleader/drummer in April 2000.^[3]