Don Donoher
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
Toledo, OH
- Coached Dayton to NIT title in 1968
- Reached Final Four of NCAA Tournament in 1967 (2nd)
- One of first 10 coaches to take his first three teams to the NCAA Tournament
- Dayton's all-time winningest coach
- Assistant coach for 1984 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team
- Major-college career playing statistics under Tom Blackburn (7.6 ppg, 5 rpg)
- Final Top 20 Rankings (four: AP/UPI/USA)--1965 (NR/20), 1966 (NR/19), 1974 (20/19) and 1984 (NR/NR/15)
- All-Americans (three): Henry Finkel (1966), Don May (1967 and 1968) and Jim Paxson (1979).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22-7 | NCAA (2-1) | |||||
23-6 | NCAA (1-2) | |||||
25-6 | NCAA (4-1) | |||||
21-9 | NIT (4-0) | |||||
20-7 | NCAA (0-1) | |||||
19-8 | NCAA (0-1) | |||||
18-9 | NIT (0-1) | |||||
13-13 | DNP | |||||
13-13 | DNP | |||||
20-9 | NCAA (1-2) | |||||
10-16 | DNP | |||||
14-13 | DNP | |||||
16-11 | DNP | |||||
19-10 | NIT (1-1) | |||||
19-10 | NIT (1-1) | |||||
13-14 | DNP | |||||
18-11 | NIT (1-1) | |||||
21-9 | NIT (2-1) | |||||
18-10 | DNP | |||||
21-11 | NCAA (3-1) | |||||
19-10 | NCAA (0-1) | |||||
17-13 | NIT (0-1) | |||||
13-15 | DNP | |||||
13-18 | DNP | |||||
12-17 | 6-6 | 4th | MCC | DNP |
NOTE: Became an assistant coach at Dayton in January, 1963 (had previously been in private business and a part-time scout and assistant high school coach). He was in charge of the Flyers for their last three outings in 1963-64 (2-1 mark) although the contests are considered part of the record for coach Tom Blackburn, who passed away a little over one day before the final game.
- 25-Year Coaching Record: 437-275 (.614) at Dayton
- 6-6 (.500) in Midwestern Collegiate Conference
- 1-1 (.500) in MCC Tournament
- 11-10 (.524) in NCAA Tournament
- 9-6 (.600) in NIT