Jack Donohue (basketball)

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John 'Jack' Donohue M.S.M. posthumous (June 4, 1931 – April 16, 2003) was an American born head coach of the Canadian national men's basketball team for 17 years, leading them to many international successes.

Power Memorial Academy high school basketball head coach from 1959 to 1965, Donohue had a career win-loss record of 163-30, including winning 71 straight with star center Lew Alcindor. He went on to coach College of the Holy Cross from 1965 to 1972, compiling a record of 106-66.

Donohue was head coach of Canada from 1972 to 1988 during which time the team participated in four Olympic Games and achieved two fourth-place finishes, in 1976 and 1984. He also coached the Canadian national universiade team to the gold medal at the 1983 World University Games.

Retiring from coaching in 1988, Donohue is enshrined in the Canada Sports Hall of Fame, Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame, Ontario Basketball Hall of Fame, New York basketball hall of fame, and the Terry Fox Hall of Fame.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

Canadian Sports Hall of Fame entry

Preceded by Paul Mullins	Canada national men's basketball team head coach 1972–1988	Succeeded by Ken Shields

Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball head coaches

J. Fred Powers (1901–1906)
No team (1906–1907)
J. Fred Powers (1907–1909)
No team (1909–1920)
William Casey (1920–1924)
Ken Simendinger (1924–1925)
John Reed (1925–1931)
No team (1931–1934)
Albert Riopel (1934–1935)
No team (1935–1939)
Moose Krause (1939–1942)
Albert Riopel (1942–1945)
Doggie Julian (1945–1948)
Buster Sheary (1948–1955)
Roy Leenig (1955–1961)
Frank Oftring (1961–1965)
Jack Donohue (1965–1972)
George Blaney (1972–1994)
Bill Raynor (1994–1999)
Ralph Willard (1999–2009)
Sean Kearney (2009–2010)
Milan Brown (2010– )

v t e Canada squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – 4th place

4 Cassidy 5 Devlin 6 Hall 7 Hansen 8 Raffin 9 Riley 10 Robinson 11 Russell 12 Sankey 13 Sharpe 14 Tollestrup 15 Town Coach: Donohue

v t e Canada squad – 1984 Summer Olympics – 4th place

4 Kelsey 5 Simms 6 Pasquale 7 Tilleman 8 Kazanowski 9 Triano 10 Hatch 11 Herbert 12 Wennington 13 Raffin 14 Wiltjer 15 Meagher Coach: Donohue

v t e Canada squad – 1986 FIBA World Championship – 8th place

4 Besselink 5 Hatch 6 Herbert 7 Kazanowski 8 Kelsey 9 Mungar 10 Meagher 11 Pasquale 12 Simms 13 Triano 14 Turcotte 15 Wiltjer Coach: Donohue

v t e Canada squad – 1988 Summer Olympics – 6th place

4 Clarke 5 Turcotte 6 Pasquale 7 Tilleman 8 Kristmanson 9 Triano 10 Walton 11 Hatch 12 Mungar 13 Raffin 14 Yearwood 15 Kazanowski Coach: Donohue

Persondata
Name	Donohue, Jack
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player-coach
Date of birth	June 4, 1931
Place of birth	New York City
Date of death	April 16, 2003
Place of death	Ottawa, Canada

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