List of Dayton Flyers men's basketball head coaches

Last updated June 11, 2025

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

1 2 "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.

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[NoTeam-4] Dayton did not field a team for the 1943–44 or 1944–45 seasons.

[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "2021-22 Dayton Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Dayton Athletics. Retrieved March 6, 2023.

[2] Jablonski, Dave (March 30, 2017). "Dayton Flyers announce hiring of Anthony Grant". Dayton Daily News . Retrieved March 6, 2023.

[3] Robbins, Alex (March 25, 2017). "Archie Miller hired as Indiana's next head basketball coach". Crimson Quarry. Retrieved March 6, 2023.

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