Steve Donahue (born May 21, 1962)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Penn Quakers
Current conference: Ivy League
Cornell record: 146-138 (.514)
Boston College record: 54-76 (.415)
Penn record: 123-111 (.526)
Overall record: 323-325 (.498)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2018)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (2010)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2011)
- Ivy League Regular Season Champion: 4 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2018)
- Ivy League Tournament Champion: 1 (2018)
Awards:
- Clair Bee Coach of the Year: 1 (2010)
- Ivy League Coach of the Year: 1 (2018)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2015-present | Penn |
| 2010-2014 | Boston College |
| 2000-2010 | Cornell |
| 1990-2000 | Penn (asst) |
| 1988-1990 | Philadelphia (asst) |
Steve Donahue Facts
- Steve Donahue
- Born May 21, 1962
- Hometown: Springfield Township, Pennsylvania
- Alma Mater: Ursinus College (BA, 1984)
- Played a Division III Ursinus (PA) before starting his coaching career in 1984 as an assistant at Springfield HS (PA)
- Spent one season as an assistant at Monsignor Bonner HS (PA) under future Lafayette head coach Fran O’Hanlon
- After two years assisting at Philadelphia, Donahue joined Fran Dunphy‘s staff at Penn in 1990
- Ten seasons later, Donahue became a head coach – he coached the Cornell Big Red for ten seasons, building the program into a consistent winner
- Won three straight Ivy League titles and took the program to the Sweet Sixteen of the 2010 NCAA Tournament
- Spent four years as the head coach at Boston College, going to the NIT in 2011 but failing to reach the postseason in his remaining three seasons
- Took a year off and then returned to Penn in 2015 as the Quakers’ new head coach
- Led Penn to the 2018 NCAA Tournament by winning the Ivy League Tournament and a share of the regular season title
- Has gone 123-111 through eight seasons (nine years) with the program
Steve Donahue Coaching Tree
- Kevin App (Williams)
- Jon Jaques (Cornell)
- Joe Jones (Boston University)
- Zach Spiker (Drexel, Army)
- Cody Toppert (Capital City Go-Go, Northern Arizona Suns)