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Dayton Flyers women's basketball

Dayton Flyers
2016–17 Dayton Flyers women's basketball team
Dayton Flyers logo.svg
University University of Dayton
Conference A-10
Location Dayton, OH
Head coach Shauna Green
Arena University of Dayton Arena
(Capacity: 13,435)
Nickname Flyers
Colors Red and Blue
         
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
2015
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
2015
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
2010, 2013, 2015
NCAA Tournament appearances
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
Conference tournament champions
2012, 2017

The Dayton Flyers women's basketball team is the NCAA Division 1 basketball team that represents University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference. They were recently coached by Jim Jabir, who resigned in 2016. The Flyers play their home games at University of Dayton Arena where the official capacity for basketball games is 13,435.

The University of Dayton first sponsored women's basketball in 1968 playing in the NCAA's Division II league until 1984. During their tenure in Division II the team won the AIAW National Championship in 1980 as well as the OAISW State Championship in 1977. The team then joined the North Star conference in 1984 until moving to the Midwestern Collegiate Conference in 1988 to 1993. Then in 1995 they moved to the Atlantic 10 Conference where they still reside. During their time in the Atlantic 10 Conference the team has made 6 NCAA Tournament appearances and 2 NIT appearances. In 2014–2015 season the team made it to the Regional Finals (Elite 8), the farthest the team has ever gone in the tournament, until losing to the eventual National Champions the University of Connecticut Huskies.

The Flyers have had 8 coaches in their 47-year history. The current coach Jim Jabir was hired in 2003.


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