 Don Donoher, a former Dayton player and assistant coach took over for the final three games of the 1963–64 season.Blackburn died in March, and Dayton formally named Donoher as his successor.Donoher, with Assistant Coach Chuck Grigsby, guided the Flyers to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in his first two years as coach; they then led the Flyers to the 1967 NCAA Championship game by beating Western Kentucky, #8 ranked Tennessee, Virginia Tech, and #4 ranked North Carolina, before falling to #1 ranked and eventual champion UCLA 79–64 in the final.