Terry Donahue
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| Date of birth | June 24, 1944 (age 62) | |
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| Place of birth | Los Angeles, California | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Title | Head coach | |
| Overall Record | 151-74-8 | |
| Awards | See Below | |
| Championships won |
5 Pac-10 Conference Championships (1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1993) |
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| Coaching Stats | College Football DataWarehouse | |
| School as a player | ||
| 1965-1966 | UCLA | |
| Position | DT | |
| Coaching positions | ||
| 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 the winningest coach in Pacific-10 Conference (98 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).
[edit] Currently
As of 2006, he is now a game analyst for The NFL on FOX.
[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] Reference
- Biography at Corporate Artists
| Preceded by Dick Vermeil |
UCLA Head Football Coach 1976–1995 |
Succeeded by Bob Toledo |
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[edit] See Also
Categories: UCLA Bruins football coaches | College football coach stubs | 1944 births | American football defensive linemen | College Football Hall of Fame | Kansas Jayhawks football coaches | Living people | People from Los Angeles | UCLA Bruins football players | Irish-American sportspeople | University of California, Los Angeles alumni | National Football League announcers
