List of Dayton Flyers men's basketball head coaches
Appearance
The following is a list of Dayton Flyers men's basketball head coaches. There have been 20 head coaches of the Flyers in their 118-season history.[1]
Dayton's current head coach is Anthony Grant. He was hired as the Flyers' head coach in March 2017,[2] replacing Archie Miller, who left to become the head coach at Indiana.[3]
No. | Tenure | Coach | Years | Record | Pct. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
– | 1903–1909 | No coach | 6 | 54–9 | .857 |
1 | 1909–1911 | William O'Malley | 2 | 15–6 | .714 |
2 | 1911–1914 1919–1920 |
Harry Solimano | 4 | 34–12 | .739 |
3 | 1914–1915 1917–1919 |
Al Mahrt | 3 | 9–12 | .429 |
4 | 1915–1917 | Alfred McCray | 2 | 19–5 | .792 |
5 | 1920–1921 | Dutch Thiele | 1 | 6–16 | .273 |
6 | 1921–1922 | William Sherry | 1 | 6–8 | .429 |
7 | 1922–1923 | Van F. Hill | 1 | 8–8 | .500 |
8 | 1923–1928 | Harry Baujan | 5 | 46–38 | .548 |
9 | 1928–1929 | George Fitzgerald | 1 | 9–10 | .474 |
10 | 1929–1933 | Bill Belanich | 4 | 16–48 | .250 |
11 | 1933–1935 | Louis Tschudi | 2 | 13–18 | .419 |
12 | 1935–1939 | Joe Holsinger | 4 | 18–48 | .273 |
13 | 1939–1947[a] | James Carter | 6 | 41–75 | .353 |
14 | 1947–1964 | Tom Blackburn | 17 | 352–141 | .714 |
15 | 1964–1989 | Don Donoher | 25 | 437–275 | .614 |
16 | 1989–1994 | Jim O'Brien | 5 | 61–87 | .412 |
17 | 1994–2003 | Oliver Purnell | 9 | 155–116 | .572 |
18 | 2003–2011 | Brian Gregory | 8 | 172–94 | .647 |
19 | 2011–2017 | Archie Miller | 6 | 139–63 | .688 |
20 | 2017–present | Anthony Grant | 6 | 124–64 | .660 |
Totals | 20 coaches | 118 seasons | 1,734–1,153 | .601 | |
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source[1] |
- ^ Dayton did not field a team for the 1943–44 or 1944–45 seasons.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2021-22 Dayton Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Dayton Athletics. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ Jablonski, Dave (March 30, 2017). "Dayton Flyers announce hiring of Anthony Grant". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ Robbins, Alex (March 25, 2017). "Archie Miller hired as Indiana's next head basketball coach". Crimson Quarry. Retrieved March 6, 2023.