Bob Beyer Position: Assistant Coach Alma Mater: Alfred University (1984)

Bob Beyer brings a wealth of basketball experience to Dayton. The Alfred University graduate joined the Flyer coaching staff during the summer of 2005. He was a player in college, and has coached as a head coach and assistant at the college level, internationally and in the NBA. His last three coaching stops were in the Big Ten, the Big 12, and the NBA.

The LeRoy, NY native played for three seasons at Alfred University, and when an injury ended his playing days, he began his coaching career as a student coach. After graduating from Alfred in 1984, Beyer became a teacher and also served as a volunteer assistant at Alfred for the 1984-85 season.

A year later, he became a full-time assistant at the University at Albany, where he stayed for four seasons with teams that compiled a record of 85-34. From there, Beyer moved on to Siena College, where he joined Mike Deane's staff. Siena was 76-46 in Beyer's four years as an assistant there.

After one season as an assistant at Wisconsin under Stu Jackson (the Badgers were 18-11 and made their first NCAA appearance in 47 years), Beyer returned to Siena as head coach (Deane moved to Marquette after guiding Siena to third place in the 1994 NIT). With the program in a rebuilding mode, Beyer had a three-year record of 22-59 from 1994-97, but it is worth noting that players he brought to Siena went on to win three straight regular-season MAAC championships.

After Siena, he joined Kevin O'Neill's staff at Northwestern in 1997, where he first worked with Gregory (two years) and current Flyer assistant Billy Schmidt (three years). After three seasons at Northwestern, Beyer went to Lubbock to serve as a Texas Tech assistant in Bob Knight's first two seasons (2001-03) with the Red Raiders.

Beyer became reunited with O'Neill for one season, when O'Neill coached the Toronto Raptors in 2003-04. Last year, Beyer served as an NBA advance scout.

"The wealth of knowledge and experience Bob brings to our program will make an immediate impact on our current players, and in our efforts to continually recruit high-quality players," Flyer coach Brian Gregory said. "With his experience at the NBA level, he brings an added dimension to our staff that I believe our players and recruits will really enjoy."

Beyer earned his BA in History from Alfred University in 1984. He also carried minors in Coaching, Writing and Secondary Education. While coaching at the University at Albany, he received a Master's in Curriculum Planning and Development.