2009-2010 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON men’s basketball
assistant coach THIRD season at ud AGE BIRTHDATE HOMETOWN ALMA MATER
> 30 > February 19, 1979
Bloomfield Hills, MI > Central Michigan ‘01
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PLAYING CAREER CENTRAL MICHIGAN (1997-2001)
COACHING CAREER Graduate Assistant Michigan State (2002) Director of Basketball Operations, Dayton (2003-2005) Assistant Basketball Coach, Oakland (2005-2007) NCAA Opening Round, ‘05 Assistant Basketball Coach, DAYTON (2007-PRESENT)
JON BOROVICH Jon Borovich begins his third consecutive season and fifth overall on coach Brian Gregory’s staff at the University of Dayton. A native of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Borovich, is involved with all aspects of the Flyer men’s basketball program, assisting with scouting, recruiting and player development. Since joining the staff, Borovich has helped the Flyers to back-to-back Top 25 rankings and a Top 25 recruiting class. In 2007-08, the Flyers vaulted out to a 14-1 record and a No. 14 ranking in the Associated Press poll of January 14, the highest ranking for a Dayton team in 40 years. In 2008-09, Dayton was once again a Top 25 Team and advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. Borovich was with the Flyers for the first two seasons of Gregory’s tenure serving as UD’s Director of Basketball Operations. During Borovich’s time on the Dayton staff, UD was 42-20, won the 2003 Maui Invitational and made an appearance in the 2004 NCAA tournament. In between his Dayton stints, Borovich served as an assistant coach for at Oakland University. After appearing in the 2005 NCAA Opening Round Game in Dayton, the Grizzlies were 11-18 in 2005-06 and 19-14 in 2006-07. The 19 wins were the most by Oakland since the school went Division I in 1997. Before coming to Dayton as the Director of Basketball Operations, Borovich served as a graduate assistant on the staff at Michigan State where he assisted the Spartan’s program in video analysis while completing his Master’s Degree in Athletics Administration. Borovich earned a bachelor’s degree in Sports Studies in 2001 from Central Michigan University, with a double minor in Psychology and Coaching. He was the captain of the Chippewas’ basketball team as a junior and senior, and helped lead the team to the 2001 Mid-American Conference Championship. He also was named to the MAC All-Academic team as a senior.
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