[1] It was founded in 1864 in Racine by the Sisters of the Order of St. Dominic as St. Catherine's Female Academy[2] In 63-64 Dominican's basketball team was known as the Shakespearean Players.
When Paul Pryor was hired during the first part of 64-65, he began by changing the name to the Squires.
[6] The school started playing intercollegiate basketball in the 1964-1965 season.
[9] During the 1973-1974 school year, Bill Cofield was hired as athletic director and basketball head coach, becoming the nation's first black athletic director and head coach at a predominantly white institution of higher learning.
Bo Ryan began his collegiate coaching career in 1973 as an assistant coach under Bill Cofield, the Dominican basketball team went 14-15 that year.