Billy Donlon
Billy Donlon (born February 10, 1977)
Current position: Associate head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Clemson Tigers (Head coach: Brad Brownell)
Current conference: Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Teams coached: Wright State Raiders, Kansas City Roos
Wright State record: 109-94 (.537)
Kansas City record: 46-39 (.541)
Overall record: 155-133 (.538)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2013)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2014)
Awards:
- Horizon League Coach of the Year: 1 (2013)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Clemson (assoc. HC) |
| 2019-2022 | Kansas City |
| 2017-2019 | Northwestern (asst) |
| 2016-2017 | Michigan (asst) |
| 2010-2016 | Wright State |
| 2006-2010 | Wright State (assoc. HC) |
| 2001-2006 | UNC Wilmington (asst) |
| 2000-2001 | Saint Peter’s (asst) |
| 1999-2000 | American (asst) |
Billy Donlon Facts
- William Joseph Donlon
- Born February 10, 1977
- Hometown: Northbrook, Illinois
- Alma Mater: UNC Wilmington (BA, 1999)
- Played three seasons at UNCW for head coach Jerry Wainwright, later spending one season as his assistant
- Spent five total seasons as an assistant at UNCW, first under Wainwright then under Brad Brownell
- Before coaching, played professionally in France and Germany; also joined the Irish National Team in 2001
- Followed Brownell to Wright State as associate head coach, his position for four years before becoming head coach in 2010
- Took the Raiders to one CBI, one CIT and three times won 20+ games during his six-year tenure
- After being fired at WSU, Donlon joined John Beilein‘s staff at Michigan for a year
- Spent two years as an assistant under Chris Collins at Northwestern (also a native of Northbrook, IL)
- Hired in March 2019 to be the new head coach of the Kansas City (formerly UMKC) Kangaroos
- Went 46-39 over three seasons, including a 19-12 record in year three, before stepping down in April 2022
- Reunited with Brownell in April 2022, becoming the associate head coach at Clemson
- Married to the former Melissa McCracken
Billy Donlon Coaching Tree
- Clayton Bates (Western Michigan)