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Mike Donahue 
Donahue at Auburn in 1914 Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball, tennis, track, soccer, golf Biographical details Born June 14, 1876 Place of birth County Kerry, Ireland Died December 11, 1960 (aged 84) Place of death Baton Rouge, Louisiana Playing career Football
1899–1903
YalePosition(s) Quarterback Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1904–1906
1908–1922
1923–1927
1934–?
Basketball
1905–1921
Baseball
1925–1926
Tennis
1946–1947
Golf
1944–1945
Auburn
Auburn
LSU
Spring Hill
Auburn
LSU
LSU
LSUAdministrative career (AD unless noted) 1929–1936
1937–1948Spring Hill
LSU (intramural director)Head coaching record Overall 129–54–8 (football)
72–81 (basketball)
15–15–3 (baseball)
0–7 (tennis)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships Football
1 National (1913)
2 SIAA (1913, 1919)College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1951 (profile)Michael Joseph "Iron Mike" Donahue (June 14, 1876 – December 11, 1960) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, baseball, tennis, track, soccer, and golf, and a college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Auburn University (1904–1906, 1908–1922), at Louisiana State University (1923–1927), and at Spring Hill College (1934–?). Donahue also coached basketball (1905–1921), baseball, track, and soccer (1912–?)[1] at Auburn and baseball (1925–1926) and tennis (1946–1947) at LSU. He was inducted as a coach into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. Donahue Drive in Auburn, Alabama, on which Jordan–Hare Stadium is located and the Tiger Walk takes place, is named in his honor.
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Playing career
Donahue played quarterback at Yale University, from which he graduated in 1903.
Coaching career
Auburn
Upon graduating college, Donahue became the tenth head coach of the Auburn Tigers football team beginning in 1904. His coaching career saw immediate success, as his first team went undefeated at 5–0. Donahue's Auburn teams won two Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles, in 1913 and 1919. His 1913 squad has been retroactively recognized as a national champion by the Billingsley Report. Donahue's 1913 and 1914 teams went undefeated, with the 1914 squad allowing zero points to be scored all year. From 1913 into 1915, Auburn went 22 consecutive games without a loss. Donahue's 1920 team averaged 36.9 points per game.
In 18 seasons coaching football at Auburn, Donahue amassed a record of 106–35–5 and had three squads go undefeated with four more suffering only one loss. His .743 career winning percentage is the second highest in Auburn history, surpassing notable coaches including John Heisman, Ralph "Shug" Jordan, Pat Dye, Terry Bowden, and Tommy Tuberville.[2]
Donahue also served as athletic director, basketball coach, baseball coach, track coach, and soccer coach while at Auburn.[3] In 1905, Donahue initiated the school's first official varsity basketball team, which went 3–1–1, including victories over Georgia Tech and Tulane, a two point loss to the Columbus (Georgia) All-Stars, and a tie with the Birmingham Athletic Club. Under Donahue, basketball practice was a contact sport; a former player once lamented, "He never bothered calling fouls--said it slowed up the game."[4] In 1912, he coached Auburn's first soccer team.[1] By the beginning of the 1915 season, Auburn was only playing athletic clubs and prep schools and had yet to participate in an intercollegiate match, due to a lack of soccer programs at other Southern colleges.[5]
LSU
Donahue went on to become the seventeenth head football coach at LSU in 1923 and had a 23–19–3 record over five seasons before retiring from coaching after the 1927 season. He also served briefly as the head coach of the LSU Tigers baseball team (1925–1926), compiling a record of 15–15–3, and as the head men’s tennis coach at LSU (1946–1947), tallying a mark of 0–7.
In 1934, Donahue reentered the coaching ranks at Spring Hill College, where he mentored his son, Mike, Jr.[6]
Head coaching record
Football
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Auburn Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1904–1906) 1904 Auburn 7–0 4–0 1905 Auburn 4–4 2–4 1906 Auburn 1–5–1 0–5 Auburn Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1908–1921) 1908 Auburn 6–1 4–1 1909 Auburn 6–2 3–2 1910 Auburn 6–1 6–0 1911 Auburn 5–2–1 3–0–1 1912 Auburn 7–1–1 4–1–1 1913 Auburn 8–0 7–0 1st 1914 Auburn 8–0–1 5–0–1 1915 Auburn 6–2 4–2 1916 Auburn 6–2 5–2 1917 Auburn 6–2–1 5–1 1918 Auburn 2–5 0–2 1919 Auburn 8–1 5–1 1st 1920 Auburn 7–2 3–2 1921 Auburn 5–3 3–2 Auburn Tigers (Southern Conference) (1922) 1922 Auburn 8–2 2–1 T–6th Auburn: 105–35–5 65–26–3 LSU Tigers (Southern Conference) (1923–1927) 1923 LSU 3–5–1 0–3 19th 1924 LSU 5–4 0–3 T–19th 1925 LSU 5–3–1 0–2–1 T–17th 1926 LSU 6–3 3–3 T–10th 1927 LSU 4–4–1 2–3–1 11th LSU: 23–19–3 5–14–2 Total: 129–54–8 References
- ^ a b Michael Donahue (1912). "Glomerata". In C. E. Sauls; C. W. Shelverton; J. K. Newell et al.. Auburn, AL: Alabama Polytechnic Institute. p. 230. http://diglib.auburn.edu/cgi-bin/gloms/docviewer.pl?did=%2F1912&seq=230&frames=0&view=100. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ^ "Auburn Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/sec/auburn/coaching_records.php. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
- ^ "Tradition, History, and Legend". Auburn Official Athletic Site. CBS Interactive. http://auburntigers.cstv.com/trads/aub-trads-uniquely.html. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
- ^ "Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, Auburn: The Lovliest Village Photograph Collection, RG 798". Auburn University Libraries. http://www.lib.auburn.edu/archive/find-aid/798/0000001d.htm. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
- ^ J. B. Overstreet; Carl Montgomery; Paul Bidez et al., eds (1915). "Glomerata". Auburn, AL: Alabama Polytechnic Institute. p. 192. http://diglib.auburn.edu/cgi-bin/gloms/docviewer.pl?did=%2F1915&seq=192&frames=0&view=100. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ^ Mike Donahue Coaches Again, St. Petersburg Times, Nov 14, 1934.
External links
- Mike Donahue at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Mike Donahue at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Mike Donahue at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Auburn Tigers head football coaches George Petrie (1891–1892) • D. M. Balliet (1892) • G. H. Harvey (1893) • F. M. Hall (1894) • John Heisman (1895–1899) • Billy Watkins (1900–1901) • Robert S. Kent (1902) • M. H. Harvey (1902) • Willis Bates (1903) • Mike Donahue (1904–1906) • Willis Kienholz (1907) • Mike Donahue (1908–1922) • Boozer Pitts (1923–1924) • Dave Morey (1925–1927) • Boozer Pitts (1927) • George Bohler (1928–1929) • Johnny Floyd (1929) • Chet A. Wynne (1930–1933) • Jack Meagher (1934–1942) • No team (1943) • Carl M. Voyles (1944–1947) • Earl Brown (1948–1950) • Ralph Jordan (1951–1975) • Doug Barfield (1976–1980) • Pat Dye (1981–1992) • Terry Bowden (1993–1998) • Bill Oliver # (1998) • Tommy Tuberville (1999–2008) • Gene Chizik (2009– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.Auburn Tigers men's basketball head coaches Mike Donahue (1905–1921) • Wilbur Hutsell (1921–1924) • Herb Bunker (1924–1925) • Mike Papke (1925–1928) • George Bohler (1928–1929) • Hal Lee (1929–1930) • Sam J. McAllister (1930–1933) • Ralph Jordan (1933–1942) • Bob K. Evans (1942–1943) • No team (1943–1944) • Bob K. Evans (1944–1945) • Ralph Jordan (1945–1946) • V. J. Edney (1946–1947) • Danny Doyle (1947–1949) • Joel Eaves (1949–1963) • Bill Lynn (1962–1973) • Bob Davis (1973–1978) • Sonny Smith (1978–1989) • Tommy Joe Eagles (1989–1994) • Cliff Ellis (1994–2004) • Jeff Lebo (2004–2010) • Tony Barbee (2010– )
LSU Tigers head football coaches Charles E. Coates (1893) • Albert Simmons (1894–1895) • Allen Jeardeau (1896–1897) • Edmond Chavanne (1898) • John P. Gregg (1899) • Edmond Chavanne (1900) • W. S. Boreland (1901–1903) • Dan A. Killian (1904–1906) • Edgar Wingard (1907–1908) • Joe Pritchard (1909) • John W. Mayhew (1909–1910) • James Dwyer (1911–1913) • E. T. McDonald (1914–1916) • Irving Pray (1916) • Dana X. Bible (1916) • Wayne Sutton (1917) • No team (1918) • Irving Pray (1919) • Branch Bocock (1920–1921) • Irving Pray (1922) • Mike Donahue (1923–1927) • Russ Cohen (1928–1931) • Biff Jones (1932–1934) • Bernie Moore (1935–1947) • Gaynell Tinsley (1948–1954) • Paul Dietzel (1955–1961) • Charles McClendon (1962–1979) • Jerry Stovall (1980–1983) • Bill Arnsparger (1984–1986) • Mike Archer (1987–1990) • Curley Hallman (1991–1994) • Gerry DiNardo (1995–1999) • Hal Hunter # (1999) • Nick Saban (2000–2004) • Les Miles (2005– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.LSU Tigers head baseball coaches E. B. Young (1893) • No team (1894) • No coach (1895) • No team (1896) • E. A. Scott (1897) • Allen Jeardeau (1898) • C. V. Cusachs (1899) • L. P. Piper (1900–1901) • W. S. Boreland (1902–1903) • Dan A. Killian (1905–1906) • J. Phillips (1907) • Edgar Wingard (1908–1909) • John W. Mayhew (1910–1911) • Bob Pender (1912–1913) • C. C. Stroud (1914–1921) • Branch Bocock (1922–1923) • Moon Ducote (1924) • Mike Donahue (1925–1926) • Harry Rabenhorst (1927–1942) • A. L. Swanson (1943–1945) • Harry Rabenhorst (1946–1956) • Raymond Didier (1957–1963) • Jim Waldrop (1964–1965) • Jim Smith (1966–1978) • Jack Lamabe (1979–1983) • Skip Bertman (1984–2001) • Raymond "Smoke" Laval (2002–2006) • Paul Mainieri (2007– )
LSU Tigers men's golf head coaches Ben Rizzuter (1932) • J. Perry Cole (1933–1943) • Mike Donahue (1944–1945) • T. P. Heard (1946–1947) • Mike Barbato (1948–1960) • Henry Taylor & Fred Knight (1961–1962) • Harry Taylor (1963–1967) • C. D. Smith (1968) • Tommy Martty (1969) • Ben Freeman, Jr. (1970–1971) • Bill Brogden (1972–1976) • Dave Sigler (1977–1982) • Buddy Alexander (1983–1987) • Britt Harrison (1988–1998) • Greg Jones (1999–2004) • Chuck Winstead (2005– )
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