Terry Donahue
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| Terry Donahue | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Born | June 24, 1944 | |
| Place of birth |  Los Angeles, CA |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 151-74-8 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Championships | ||
| 5 Pac-10 Conference Championships (1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1993) |
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| Awards | ||
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| Playing career | ||
| 1965-1966 | UCLA | |
| Position | DT | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1976-1995 | UCLA | |
| College Football Hall of Fame, 2000 (Bio) | ||
Terry Donahue (born June 24, 1944 in Los Angeles, California) is a former college football coach and NFL general manager, and a current football analyst.
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[edit] Player
Terry graduated from Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. Donahue played defensive line at UCLA. After graduating, he became an assistant coach at the University of Kansas under Pepper Rodgers.
[edit] Coach
In 1971, he returned to UCLA when Rodgers became the head coach there. After Rodgers left, Terry was an assistant under Dick Vermeil. Donahue is 2nd winningest coach in Pacific-10 Conference (92 league victories) and UCLA (151 wins) history. He compiled a record of 8-4-1 in bowl games and was the first coach in NCAA history to win a bowl game in seven consecutive seasons.
His UCLA teams won or shared 5 Pacific 10 Conference championships and won 3 Rose Bowl games (1983,1984, and 1986). He was 10-9-1 against USC in the UCLA-USC rivalry. His teams won four New Year's Day Bowl games in a row from 1983 to 1986.
[edit] Media
He was the lead college football analyst for CBS Sports from 1996 to 1998, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.
[edit] General manager
He was the hand-picked successor to Bill Walsh as general manager of the San Francisco 49ers (2001-2005), though the franchise fell from grace during this period ending nearly two decades of NFL dominance.[1] Among other things, "Donahue's draft record was spotty and the granting of a combined $19 million in signing bonuses to cornerback Ahmed Plummer and running back Kevan Barlow was questioned." [2] "Many around the NFL believe Donahue was even more responsible for the 49ers' demise [during this era of team history] than co-owner John York, who's often portrayed as the fall guy." [3] Although, in Bill Walsh's obituary, it is mentioned that Walsh was widely thought to be disappointed with York, brother-in-law of former owner Edward J. DeBartolo Jr., who seized control of the team in 1998 and presided over the 49ers' regression to the bottom of the league.[4]
[edit] Currently
In 2006, he became a game analyst for The NFL on FOX."
He currently serves as an analyst on College Football Now on NFL network.
[edit] Personal awards
- 1997 Rose Bowl Hall of Fame
- 2000 College Football Hall of Fame
- 2001 UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame
- 2005 Sun Bowl Hall of Fame
[edit] Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| UCLA Bruins (Pacific Ten Conference) (1976 – 1995) | |||||||||
| 1976 | UCLA | 9-2-1 | 6-1 | 2 | L 6-36 Liberty Bowl | 15 | 15 | ||
| 1977 | UCLA | 0-11 (a) | 0-8 | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | UCLA | 8-3-1 | 6-2 | 2 | T 10-10 Fiesta Bowl | 14 | 12 | ||
| 1979 | UCLA | 5-6 | 3-4 | 7 | — | — | |||
| 1980 | UCLA | 9-2 | 5-2 | 2 | (b) | 13 | 14 | ||
| 1981 | UCLA | 7-4-1 | 4-2-1 | 4 - T | L 14-33 Bluebonnet Bowl | — | — | ||
| 1982 | UCLA | 10-1-1 | 5-1-1 | 1 | W 24-14 Rose Bowl | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1983 | UCLA | 7-4-1 | 6-1-1 | 1 | W 45-9 Rose Bowl | 17 | 13 | ||
| 1984 | UCLA | 9-3 | 5-2 | 3 - T | W 39-37 Fiesta Bowl | 9 | 10 | ||
| 1985 | UCLA | 9-2-1 | 6-2 | 1 | W 45-28 Rose Bowl | 7 | 6 | ||
| 1986 | UCLA | 8-3-1 | 5-2-1 | 2 - T | W 31-10 Freedom Bowl | 14 | 14 | ||
| 1987 | UCLA | 10-2 | 7-1 | 1 - T | W 20-16 Aloha Bowl | 9 | 11 | ||
| 1988 | UCLA | 10-2 | 6-2 | 2 | W 17-3 Cotton Bowl | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1989 | UCLA | 3-7-1 | 2-5-1 | 9 | — | — | |||
| 1990 | UCLA | 5-6 | 4-4 | 6 - T | — | — | |||
| 1991 | UCLA | 9-3 | 6-2 | 2 - T | W 6-3 Sun Bowl | 19 | 18 | ||
| 1992 | UCLA | 6-5 | 3-5 | 8 | — | — | |||
| 1993 | UCLA | 8-4 | 6-1 | 1 - T | L 16-21 Rose Bowl | 18 | 17 | ||
| 1994 | UCLA | 5-6 | 3-5 | 5 - T | — | — | |||
| 1995 | UCLA | 7-5 | 4-4 | 5 - T | L 30-51 Aloha Bowl | — | — | ||
| UCLA: | 144-81-8 | 92-61-5 | |||||||
| Total: | 144-81-8 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. °Rankings from final AP Poll of the season. |
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Notes
- (a) UCLA forfeited 7 games in 1977 due to having an ineligible player, 5 of which were in conference the team finished tied for 2nd before the forfeit
- (b) UCLA was ineligible for post season play after the 1980 season due to probation
[edit] References
- ^ San Francisco 49ers
- ^ 49ERS CLEAN HOUSE / Whatís up, Doc? / Erickson, Donahue are fired
- ^ ANALYSIS / Donahue deserves most of blame for 14 losses
- ^ Former 49ers coach Bill Walsh dead at 75 By JANIE MCCAULEY AP Sports Writer. July 30, 2007 (link from Boston Globe)
Biography at Corporate Artists
| Preceded by Dick Vermeil |
UCLA Head Football Coach 1976–1995 |
Succeeded by Bob Toledo |
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