Dayton

Official Name:

University of Dayton

Nickname:

Flyers

Mailing Address:

300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-1238

Website:

www.daytonflyers.com

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)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings:

(2) 1955 and 1956

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances:

(14) 1952, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1984, 1985, 1990, 2000, 2003, 2004, and 2009
14-16 record (.467)
Reached Final Four in 1967 (2nd)

NIT Appearances:

(22) 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2008, and 2010
40-20 record (.667)
Finished 2nd in 1951, 2nd in 1952, 2nd in 1955, 2nd in 1956, 2nd in 1958, 4th in 1961, 1st in 1962, 1st in 1968 and 1st in 2010

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

Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Donald Smith (52 at Loyola of Chicago)
February 3, 1973 (junior/23.4 ppg)

	1	2	Total
Dayton	50	60	110
Loyola Of Chicago	43	46	89

Dayton

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

Coaching Chronology:

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	1938	6-11
James Carter	6	1940-43, 1946-47	41-75	.353	1942	12-6
Tom Blackburn	17	1948-64	352-141	.714	1955, 1956, and 1958	25-4
Don Donoher	26	1964-89	437-275	.614	1967	25-6
Jim O'Brien	5	1990-94	61-87	.412	1990	22-10
Oliver Purnell	9	1995-2003	155-116	.572	2003	24-6
Brian Gregory	8	2004-11	172-94	.647	2009	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.

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