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Coach Donovan

About Me


I'm not much on talking about myself, so here is bit from Wikipedia. That's right, Billy D is down.
William John "Billy" Donovan (born May 30, 1965 in Rockville Centre, New York, United States) is a basketball coach who has taken the University of Florida men's team to 2 NCAA Final Fours in 2000 and 2006, the 2000 national championship game, and the 2006 NCAA championship with a 73-57 win over UCLA. He is one of only six men to reach the Final Four as both a player and a head coach; he's one of only three (Dean Smith and Bob Knight being the others) to play in the Final Four and win the national championship as a coach. He is the only active male coach in this club, joined by current Baylor women's coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson.
A native of Rockville Centre, New York, and the son of the third leading scorer in Boston College men's basketball history, Donovan graduated from St. Agnes High School in 1983 before going on to Providence College, where he played guard on the basketball team. His first two seasons with the Friars were unimpressive; he produced an average of 2 points per game as a freshman and three points as a sophomore. His junior year, however, the team received a new head coach in the form of Rick Pitino, and Donovan flourished in Pitino's system. "Billy the Kid", as Providence fans soon nicknamed him (after the 19th century outlaw), averaged 15.1 points as a junior and 20.6 as a senior, when he took the Friars to the Final Four and earned the title of Southeast Regional MVP.
Me and the boys hoisting the culmination of all our hard work and effort. This 2005-2006 Team was a pleasure to coach and though they will forever be Champions, through wins and losses they were always champions to me.
Check out my Pre-Game Speech to the team . You gotta want this to last forever.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The President of the United States- oh wait, I did that! 2006 Champs!

My Blog

THANK YOU GATOR NATION. I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE!

Greetings Gator Nation,What a tremendous year it is to be a Florida Gator- Academically and Athletically. I am very proud to be YOUR coach and plan on staying in Gainesville, FL for as long as you wil...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:36:00 GMT

Letter From Billy

To the Gator Nation, April 11, 2006I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for the sincere letters and the tremendous outpour of support we've received over the past season. To be able to reward t...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 15:21:00 GMT

Grant Accepts Head Coaching Post At VCU

Anthony Grant, a member of the University of Florida men's basketball coaching staff for the last 10 years and the associate head coach the last four years, has accepted the head coaching position at ...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:37:00 GMT

To the Gator Nation 2004-2005

To the Gator Nation, March 22, 2005Another season concluded, my ninth here in Gainesville, and I wanted to take a moment to give thanks to all those who have been so vocal in their support, written le...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Apr 2006 18:35:00 GMT