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Anthony Grant is returning to the Atlantic 10 as the basketball coach at Dayton.

The school announced Thursday the hiring of Grant, who previously coached at Virginia Commonwealth and Alabama. He played in college at Dayton from 1983-87 and was part of two NCAA tournament teams during his career.

"I am honored and humbled to be the head coach at the University of Dayton," Grant said in a statement. "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 has an overall coaching record of 193-110. He was 76-25 in three seasons at VCU with two NCAA tournament appearances before being hired at Alabama. With the Crimson Tide, he reached one NCAA tournament before being fired after his sixth season in 2015.

The hiring comes less than a week after Archie Miller left for the Indiana job.

Grant currently is an assistant with the Oklahoma City Thunder, working for Billy Donovan. He previously was an assistant with Donovan at Florida when the Gators won a national title in 2006.

"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."

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