Billy Donovan
Title	Head coach
Sport	Men's basketball
Born	May 30, 1965 (1965-05-30) (age 42)
Place of birth	Rockville Centre, New York, US
Career Highlights
Championships
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship (2006, 2007) SEC Tournament Champion (2005, 2006, 2007) SEC Regular Season Champion (2000, 2001, 2007)
School as a player
1983-1987	Providence
Position	Point guard
Coaching positions
1994-1996 1996-present	Marshall Florida

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William John “Billy” Donovan, Jr. (born May 30, 1965 in Rockville Centre, New York) is the current head coach of the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association. He has taken the Florida Gators to three NCAA championship game appearances, in 2000, 2006 and 2007. The Gators lost to the Michigan State Spartans in the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball final. The Gators won the national championship in 2006 with a 73-57 win over UCLA and again in 2007 with an 84-75 win over Ohio State, making Donovan the first coach since Mike Krzyzewski to win back-to-back titles. He is one of only four (Dean Smith, Joe B. Hall and Bobby Knight being the others) to play in the Final Four and win the national championship as a coach. Image File history File links Billy_donovan. ... The head coach in sports coaching is the coach who is in charge of the other coaches. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Rockville Centre is a village located in New Yorks Nassau County in the United States. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... // Final four redirects here. ... The SEC Mens Basketball Tournament (sometimes known simply as the SEC Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). ... The Southeastern Conference (SEC) sponsors eight mens sports and ten womens sports. ... Providence College is a Catholic college in Providence, Rhode Island, the states capital city. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The University of Florida (commonly referred to as Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, space-grant, research university located in Gainesville, Florida. ... Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Rockville Centre is a village located in New Yorks Nassau County in the United States. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... “NBA” redirects here. ... The NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship is held each spring featuring 65 of the top college basketball teams in the United States. ... The 2000 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 2006 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 2007 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 NCAA schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The Michigan State Spartans are the athletic teams that represent Michigan State University. ... Michael William Krzyzewski (; in American English transliteration shuh-shef-skee; born February 13, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois), often referred to as Coach K, is the head coach of the Duke University mens basketball team. ... Dean Edwards Smith (born February 28, 1931) is a retired head coach of men’s college basketball. ... Joe B. Hall Joe Beasman Hall, better known as Joe B. Hall (born November 30, 1928 in Cynthiana, Kentucky) was the head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky from 1972 to 1985. ... Bob Knight Robert Montgomery (Bobby or Bob) Knight (born October 25, 1940 in Massillon, Ohio, USA), known as The General, is the head mens basketball coach at Texas Tech University. ...

On May 31, 2007, Donovan accepted the head coaching position for the NBA's Orlando Magic in a deal reported to be worth $27.5 million over five years.^[1] and announced his acceptance of the head coaching job on June 1, 2007. But, on June 3, the media reported that Donovan was having second thoughts on his decision to leave Florida.^[2] Finally, on June 5, the Orlando Magic agreed to in principle release Donovan from his contract. Donovan still remains the official Orlando Magic coach. ^[3] May 31 is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Playing career

Donovan was born and raised in Rockville Centre, on Long Island, New York. The son of Bill Donovan Sr., the third leading scorer in Boston College men's basketball history, Donovan graduated from St. Agnes High School — a local powerhouse where he was coached by the legendary Frank Morris — in 1983 before going on to Providence College, where he played guard on the basketball team. His first two seasons with the Friars were unimpressive; he scored an average of 2 points per game as a freshman and three points as a sophomore. His junior year, however, Donovan flourished in the system of new head coach Rick Pitino. "Billy the Kid," as Providence fans soon nicknamed him (after the 19th century outlaw, Billy the Kid), averaged 15.1 points as a junior and 20.6 as a senior, when he took the Friars to the Final Four and earned the Southeast Regional MVP. Rockville Centre is a village located in New Yorks Nassau County in the United States. ... Map showing Long Island; to the north is Connecticut and to the west are New York City and New Jersey. ... NY redirects here. ... For similarly-named academic institutions, see Boston (disambiguation). ... Providence College is a Catholic college in Providence, Rhode Island, the states capital city. ... Rick Pitino (born September 18, 1952) is the head basketball coach at the University of Louisville. ... Henry McCarty (November 23, 1859[1] – July 14, 1881) was better known as Billy the Kid, but also known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William Harrison Bonney. ...

Donovan was drafted by the Utah Jazz in the 3rd round (68th overall) of the 1987 NBA Draft. He was waived after the preseason and played briefly for the Wyoming Wildcatters of the Continental Basketball Association. He then signed a 1 year contract with the New York Knicks, coached by Pitino. Donovan averaged 2.4 points and 2.0 assists over 44 games. The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... 1987 NBA Draft - 22 June 1987 - New York City, New York See also: List of NBA Drafts, NBA Draft ... The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) is a professional mens basketball league in the United States. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Coaching career

After an unsuccessful year playing for Pitino on the New York Knicks, Donovan worked for a Wall Street investment firm before joining Pitino as an assistant coach at the University of Kentucky in 1989. His success there secured him the head coaching job at Marshall University. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Elaborate marble facade of NYSE as seen from the intersection of Broad and Wall Streets For other uses, see Wall Street (disambiguation). ... The University of Kentucky, also referred to as UK, is a public, co-educational university located in Lexington, Kentucky. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Marshall University

Donovan's first season as a head coach saw him turn around a Marshall team that had gone 9-18 the season before his arrival. The team doubled its wins from the previous year to go 18-9 and win the Southern Conference North Division. The Southern Conference (or SoCon) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAAs Division I. SoCon football teams compete in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as I-AA). ...

His first full recruiting class at Marshall included a high-profile local recruit, point guard Jason Williams. In Donovan's second season, the team went 17-11, led the conference in scoring and three-point field goals. He agreed to take over coaching duties at Florida. Jason Williams is the name of several basketball players of note aswell as a rugby league player: Jason Chandler Williams (also known as White Chocolate) is currently a point guard for the NBA Miami Heat. ... The Florida Gators basketball team represents the University of Florida in the Southeastern Conferences Eastern division. ...

In two years at Marshall, he accumulated a 35-20 record and a league championship.

University of Florida

In 1996 Donovan took over head coaching duties at Florida, whose men's basketball team had fallen startlingly far from its 1994 Final Four appearance. Donovan took the team to the National Invitation Tournament in his second season, 1997-1998. The following season saw the team make its third ever Sweet Sixteen appearance and become only the second squad in school history to appear in the final Top 25 polls (17th in the ESPN/USA Today Poll and 23rd in the Associated Press Poll). 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is a mens college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The term Sweet Sixteen refers to the final sixteen teams in the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, who play in the semi-final game of each of the tournaments four regional brackets. ... ESPN, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...

The next season, 1999-2000, saw Donovan lead the Gators to their second Final Four appearance, defeating North Carolina in the national semi-finals before falling to Michigan State in the championship game. Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. ... Michigan State University (MSU) is a public university in East Lansing, Michigan. ...

The team has reached the NCAA Tournament in every season since 1999, a streak of nine straight appearances; in eight decades of Florida men's basketball prior to Donovan's arrival, the school had never reached the Tournament more than three years running. On February 3, 2003, the team achieved a No. 1 ranking in the ESPN/USA Today poll for the first time in school history, returning there the following season on December 8, 2003. February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 8 is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the 2005-2006 season, Donovan's young Gator squad posted the school's best-ever win streak to start a single season, reeling off 17 straight wins and reaching #2 in the nation in the AP Poll. However, the team failed to reach the top spot as it lost its first game of the season to the Tennessee Volunteers. This win was followed by a surprising season sweep at the hands of the eventual 2006 National Invitational Tournament Champion South Carolina Gamecocks. Florida avenged those losses by ending South Carolina's surprising SEC Tournament run in the finals, winning the SEC Tournament Championship, a first for the Gators. The 2005-2006 season was the most successful in the history of both Donovan and Florida basketball, as the Gators defeated UCLA 73-57 in the NCAA championship game, winning the school's first NCAA title. The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system. ... The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the primary institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee system, Tennessees flagship public university. ... The University of South Carolina, Columbia (USC or Carolina) is a public, co-educational, research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. ... The University of South Carolinas 18 varsity sports teams are known as the Gamecocks. ... The UCLA Bruins mens basketball program, established in 1920, owns a record 11 NCAA championships. ...

On December 20, 2006, Donovan became the basketball coach in Florida history with most win, earning his 236th Florida win over Stetson and surpassing Norm Sloan's 235. During the 2006-2007 season, with the return of all his starting five: Lee Humphrey, Joakim Noah, Al Horford, Corey Brewer, and Taurean Green, the Gators pulled off by winning the Southeastern Conference regular season title, SEC Tournament title, and their second straight NCAA Tournament. December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Stetson University is a private, co-educational, liberal arts university that consistently earns high rankings in national college guides. ... Norm Sloan (June 25, 1926 - December 9, 2003) was an American college basketball coach. ... Lee Humphrey, (born April 26, 1984 in Maryville, Tennessee) was a shooting guard for the Florida basketball team, which won the 2006 & 2007 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournaments. ... Joakim Simon Noah (pronunciation: JO-a-kim[2] ; born February 25, 1985 in New York City) is a 611 American basketball player who currently plays for the University of Florida in the SEC of the NCAA.[3] He led the Florida Gators to a national championship in 2006, a... Al Horford is the starting forward for the 2006 mens Florida Gators basketball team, which won the 2006 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament on April 3, 2006, as well as the 2006 SEC Tournament. ... Corey Brewer, (born March 5, 1986 in Portland, Tennessee) was the starting Small forward for the Florida Gators mens basketball team which won both the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournaments[1], as well as the 2006 and 2007 SEC Tournament. ... Taurean Green is GOD on the 2007 University of Florida Gators Mens Basketball Team, which won the 2006 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament on April 3, 2006 and the 2007 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament on April 2, 2007 , as well as the 2006 SEC...

Orlando Magic

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During Florida's second title run it was rumored that Donovan may accept a deal from the University of Kentucky. After winning the National Championship, Donovan declined and said he wanted to work out an extension to stay at Florida. However, in late May, Donovan was offered the Orlando Magic head coaching job. He wavered over the decision for days, and on May 31, 2007, Donovan accepted the 5-year deal worth $27.5 million. Donovan replaced Brian Hill, who was fired after two consecutive losing seasons. Hill's ouster followed the Magic's first playoff appearance in four years, which ended in the first round against Detroit. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... The University of Kentucky, also referred to as UK, is a public, co-educational university located in Lexington, Kentucky. ...

However, on June 3, several news services reported that Donovan was having second thoughts on his decision to leave Florida.^[2] On June 5, reports stated that the Orlando Magic have agreed to release Donovan from his contract. He is now banned from coaching in the NBA for the next 5 seasons. ^[3]

Coaching protégés

Like his own mentor, Rick Pitino, several of Donovan's assistants have become college head coaches in recent years. The following head coaches all spent time under Donovan at Florida:

• Anthony Grant, currently at Virginia Commonwealth University
• Donnie Jones, currently at Marshall University
• John Pelphrey, currently at University of Arkansas

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Career coaching record

College

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Reference

1. ^ Orlando Magic hire Billy Donovan as coach. Orlando Sentinel (2007-05-31). Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
2. ^ ^{a b} Source: Donovan has second thoughts about Magic job. ESPN.com (2007-06-04). Retrieved on 2007-06-04.
3. ^ ^{a b} Reports: Donovan Almost Out, Van Gundy Almost In for Magic, NBA.com. Retrieved on June 5, 2007.

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External links

• Billy Donovan's website at the University of Florida athletics site