Longtime Dayton Flyers statistician dies

Dayton football Twitter account: Roy Cassidy ‘never met a stranger’

Credit: Dayton Daily News

Credit: Dayton Daily News

Roy Cassidy, a statistician for Dayton Flyers basketball and other UD sports for the last 42 years, died Monday at 70 at Kettering Medical Center.

Cassidy was a Maysville, Ky., native and a 1965 graduate of Xenia High School. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Morehead State University and earned his master’s degree in elementary education from UD in 1980. He started keeping stats for Dayton athletics department in the mid-1970s.

Cassidy was the head girls golf coach at Carroll High School and was active in the athletic community at St. Brigid School in Xenia as a basketball coach and scorekeeper.

Cassidy was retired from Centerville City Schools. He taught fourth grade for 35 years at Driscoll Elementary, according to his obituary.

He is survived by his wife Carol, daughter Katie Brown and son-in-law Bill Brown and two granddaughters. A visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at St. Brigid Church, and a funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. Friday.

😢😢😢😢 sad day! Always had great conversations during UD home games! https://t.co/8p8cjqlpP8— Allen Griffin (@coach_griffin1) October 9, 2017
🙏 ⛳️ Will forever be grateful for the impact you had on not just my golf career from day one, but most of all my life. https://t.co/bTnkQnuNXS— Drew Prater (@prater_drew) October 10, 2017
🙏 https://t.co/UzIoNFkUWR— Matt Farrell (@mfarrell_) October 10, 2017
🙏 https://t.co/aAKJvQjBUG— Eric Farrell (@Airrick__) October 10, 2017

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