The Dayton Flyers men's basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) representing the University of Dayton in Ohio. The Flyers play their home games at University of Dayton Arena. The Flyers are coached by Anthony Grant who is in his seventh season. In March 2020, Dayton was ranked #3 in the AP Top 25 Poll, its highest ranking since the 1955–56 season when it was ranked #2. The Flyers have never been ranked #1, but Dayton did receive a lone first place vote in the final AP poll of the 2019–2020 season. When the 2020 seasons was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Flyers did not get to participate in the 2020 NCAA Tournament, despite being projected as a #1 seed by several outlets.
James Emerson Carter was head basketball coach at the University of Dayton, in Dayton, Ohio, from 1939 to 1947.
The Dayton Flyers football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Dayton located in the U.S. state of Ohio. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Pioneer Football League. Dayton's first football team was fielded in 1905. The team plays its home games at the 11,000 seat Welcome Stadium in Dayton, Ohio. The Flyers are coached by Trevor Andrews.
Severin Joseph Checkaye was a professional football player, coach and owner. He was also a co-founder of the National Football League (NFL). Checkaye's franchise, the Muncie Flyers was a charter member of the league.
The Dayton Flyers are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Dayton of Dayton, Ohio. All Flyers intercollegiate sports teams participate at the NCAA Division I level. The football team competes in the Division I FCS non-scholarship Pioneer Football League, and women's golf plays in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, while all other sports compete in the non-football Atlantic 10 Conference.
The 2011 Dayton Flyers football team represented the University of Dayton in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Flyers were led by fourth-year head coach Rick Chamberlin and played their home games at Welcome Stadium. They are a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in PFL play to finish in fifth place. The team was awarded White-Allen Most Valuable Player Trophy.
The 2012 Dayton Flyers football team represented the University of Dayton in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Rick Chamberlin and played their home games at Welcome Stadium. They are a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in Pioneer League play to finish in a tie for fourth place.
The 2013 Dayton Flyers football team represented the University of Dayton in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Rick Chamberlin and played their home games at Welcome Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in PFL play to finish in a tie for fourth place. The team was awarded White-Allen Most Valuable Player Trophy.
The 2014 Dayton Flyers football team represented the University of Dayton in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Rick Chamberlin and played their home games at Welcome Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 8–3, 6–2 in PFL play to finish in a tie for third place.
The 2015 Dayton Flyers football team represented the University of Dayton in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Rick Chamberlin and played their home games at Welcome Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 10–2, 7–1 in PFL play to share the league championship with San Diego. Due to their head to head victory over San Diego, they received the PFL's automatic bid to the Division I FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Western Illinois.
The 2016 Dayton Flyers football team represented the University of Dayton in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Rick Chamberlin and played their home games at Welcome Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 9–2, 7–1 in PFL play to finish in second place.
The 2017 Dayton Flyers football team represented the University of Dayton in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 10th-year head coach Rick Chamberlin and played their home games at Welcome Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in PFL play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
The 2018 Dayton Flyers football team represented the University of Dayton in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 11th-year head coach Rick Chamberlin and played their home games at Welcome Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in PFL play to finish in a tie for fourth place.
The 1968 Dayton Flyers football team represented the University of Dayton as an independent during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fourth-year head coach John McVay, the Flyers compiled a record of 5–5.
The 2019 Dayton Flyers football team represented the University of Dayton in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 12th-year head coach Rick Chamberlin and played their home games at Welcome Stadium. They competed as a member of the Pioneer Football League. The Flyers finished the season 8–3, 6–2 in PFL play to finish in a tie for second place.
The St. Mary's (Ohio) football program from 1910 to 1919 represented St. Mary's College in its second decade of intercollegiate football. The team during those years was led by four head coaches: Orville Smith was the head coach in 1910 and compiled a 5–1 record; Roland Bevan was the head coach in 1911 and 1912, compiling a 7–5–1 record; Louis Clark was the head coach in 1913, 1917, and 1918 and compiled a 12–4–1 record; Alfred McCray was the head coach from 1914 to 1916 and compiled a 9–7 record; and Harry Solimano was the coach in 1919 and compiled a 2–2 record.
The 2021 Dayton Flyers football team represented the University of Dayton in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Pioneer Football League. They were led by 13th-year head coach Rick Chamberlin and played their home games at Welcome Stadium.
The Dayton–Drake football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Dayton Flyers and Drake Bulldogs. The rivalry began in 1952 and the teams have meet annually since 1987.
The 2022 Dayton Flyers football team represented the University of Dayton as a member of the Pioneer Football League during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Flyers were led by 14th-year head coach Rick Chamberlin and played their home games at Welcome Stadium. Despite the Flyers finishing in a second place tie in the conference with a 6-2 conference record, they still had a chance to claim the PFL’s automatic bid in the FCS Playoffs but failed to do so after a narrow 24-23 loss to Davidson in the final week of the regular season.
The 1961 Dayton Flyers football team was an American football team represented the University of Dayton as an independent during the 1961 college football season. In their second year under head coach Scott Zajden, the Flyers compiled a 2–8 record and were outscored by a total of 245 to 98.
