Dayton Flyers name Anthony Grant new head basketball coach

Dayton named alumnus Anthony Grant as its new men's basketball coach, the school announced on Thursday.

Grant replaces Archie Miller, who was hired last week to the same position at Indiana.

"I am honored and humbled to be the head coach at the University of Dayton," Grant said. "It's a great responsibility to take over at an institution that is so well-respected. Anyone you talk to in college basketball would say our program is a successful one, but the potential is here for so much more."

Grant, who played at Dayton from 1983-87, coached three seasons at Virginia Commonwealth and six more with Alabama. He has spent the last two years with Billy Donovan as an assistant with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Grant owns a 193-110 career record. He guided VCU to two NCAA Tournaments and led Alabama to one.

"Anthony Grant is a proven winner with the highest integrity," Dayton athletic director Neil Sullivan said. "He has successful experience in coaching, recruiting and playing basketball at an elite level. I welcome Anthony to our staff and look forward to partnering with him as we continue to aggressively pursue graduating student-athletes, winning conference championships and advancing in the NCAA Tournament. He is absolutely the right coach."