Dayton
Official Name:
University of Dayton
Nickname:
Flyers
Mailing Address:
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-1238
Website:
Telephone:
(937) 229-4460
Fax:
(937) 229-4461
Enrollment:
6,500
Arena:
University of Dayton Arena
Capacity: 13,455
Year Opened: 1969
School Colors:
Red and Blue
Conference:
Atlantic 10/West Division (since 1996)
Former Member of Midwestern Collegiate (1989-93) and Great Midwest (1994 and 1995)
NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances:
NIT Appearances:
All-Time Winningest Coach:
Don Donoher (26 years from 1964-89, 437-275 record, .614)
All-Time Scoring Leader:
Roosevelt Chapman (2,233 points from 1981-84)
All-Time Rebounding Leader:
John Horan (1,341 from 1952-55)
Single-Game Individual Scoring Record:
Donald Smith (52 points as junior at Loyola of Chicago on 2/3/73)
All-American Selections:
(9) C Bill Chmielewski (1962), C Henry Finkel (1966), F-C John Horan (1955), F Don May (1967 and 1968), C Don Meineke (1951 and 1952), G Jim Paxson (1979), C Bill Uhl (1956)
NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans:
(5) Don Meineke (1952), Bill Uhl (1956), Don May (1967 and 1968), Jim Paxson (1979)
Additional School Information on this Page:
Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:
Donald Smith (52 at Loyola of Chicago)
February 3, 1973 (junior/23.4 ppg)
1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
50 | 60 | 110 | |
Loyola Of Chicago | 43 | 46 | 89 |
Name | FG | FT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
Grigsby | 7-14 | 6-6 | 20 |
Elijah | 1-1 | 1-4 | 3 |
Von Lehmann | 5-6 | 0-1 | 10 |
Sylvester | 6-11 | 0-0 | 12 |
Smith | 22-35 | 8-8 | 52 |
Testermann | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 |
Lawrence | 3-4 | 0-0 | 6 |
Bitter | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 |
Fisher | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 |
Gahm | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 |
Hess | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3 |
Totals | 46-77 | 18-24 | 110 |
Percentages | .597 | .750 |
Loyola Of Chicago
Name | FG | FT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
Hayes | 9-26 | 4-6 | 22 |
Hayden | 1-2 | 2-3 | 4 |
Lewis | 13-18 | 3-4 | 29 |
Willey | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2 |
Sanders | 8-22 | 0-0 | 16 |
Campobasso | 3-4 | 5-7 | 11 |
Walker | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1 |
Cohen | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4 |
McShea | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 |
Totals | 37-83 | 15-24 | 89 |
Percentages | .445 | .625 |
Coach | Seasons | Years | Record | W-L % | Best Season(s) | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
William O'Malley | 2 | 1910-11 | 15-6 | .714 | 1911 | 10-0 |
Harry Solimano | 4 | 1912-14, 1920 | 34-12 | .739 | 1912 | 13-0 |
Al Mahrt | 3 | 1915, 1918-19 | 9-12 | .429 | 1915 | 4-4 |
Alfred McCray | 2 | 1916-17 | 19-5 | .791 | 1916 | 11-2 |
Dutch Thiele | 1 | 1921 | 6-16 | .273 | 1921 | 6-16 |
William Sherry | 1 | 1922 | 6-8 | .429 | 1922 | 6-8 |
Van Hill | 1 | 1923 | 9-7 | .563 | 1923 | 9-7 |
Harry Baujan | 5 | 1924-28 | 46-38 | .548 | 1928 | 11-5 |
George Fitzgerald | 1 | 1929 | 9-10 | .474 | 1929 | 9-10 |
Bill Belanich | 4 | 1930-33 | 16-48 | .250 | 1933 | 7-7 |
Louis Tschudi | 2 | 1934-35 | 13-18 | .419 | 1934 | 9-7 |
Joe Holsinger | 4 | 1936-39 | 18-48 | .273 | 6-11 | |
James Carter | 6 | 1940-43, 1946-47 | 41-75 | .353 | 12-6 | |
17 | 1948-64 | 352-141 | .714 | 25-4 | ||
26 | 1964-89 | 437-275 | .614 | 25-6 | ||
Jim O'Brien | 5 | 1990-94 | 61-87 | .412 | 22-10 | |
9 | 1995-2003 | 155-116 | .572 | 24-6 | ||
8 | 2004-11 | 172-94 | .647 | 27-8 |
- All-Time W-L Record: 1,451-1,026 (.586) from 1904 through 2011.
- NOTES: Dayton (OH) did not have an official coach in its first six seasons from 1904-09 while compiling a 54-9 record (.857)
- Dayton did not field a formal team in 1943-44 and 1944-45 during World War II
- Blackburn died March 6, 1964, a little over one day before Dayton's final game that season. Assistant Don Donoher handled the team in the Flyers' last three outings although the contest are part of Blackburn's record.