Dylan Haugen is a professional freestyle dunker, content creator, and podcast host from Blaine, Minnesota, and the youngest athlete ever signed to Shaq's DunkMan League. He fell in love with dunking around age 11, landed his first dunk on a regulation rim at just 13, and started posting his training online soon after. What began as a handful of clips has grown into an audience of millions, with his dunk content surpassing 100 million views across YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.
Dylan won his first dunk contest in Minnesota at 16 and claimed his first out-of-state title at 17. He is now a six-time dunk contest champion, widely regarded as one of the most creative young dunkers in the world. Standing 5-foot-11 with a 7-foot-11 standing reach and a 43-inch running vertical, he is a two-foot jumper whose inventive package is headlined by his signature Inverted Scorpion, a dunk that has become one of his calling cards on the session circuit.
Dunkademics first filmed Dylan at the huge opening session of 2025:
What sets Dylan apart is not just his hops but his creativity and consistency. He has spent years on the dunk-camp and session circuit, traveling the country to film alongside the sport's best and constantly folding new variations into his arsenal. Along the way he has been featured by Dunkademics and interviewed by KARE 11 News in Minneapolis, and he has become a familiar face at the biggest dunk sessions and contests in the country.
One of the standouts was this Utah session alongside 5-foot-9 bounce phenom Hyrum Fechser:
Off the court, Dylan is the founder of the Minnesota Dunk Squad, a team of dunkers who train together and perform at events across the Midwest, and the host of the Dunk Talk podcast, where he sits down with the top dunkers and jumpers on the planet. He is also a digital-marketing entrepreneur and co-founder of Local Service Spotlight. Whether he is competing, filming, or building his brands, Dylan has established himself as one of the most recognizable young figures in the dunk world.