In speaking with The Daily Pennsylvanian last week, Tim Krug — Allen's former teammate and a player with the Quakers while Donahue was with Penn in the 1990s — emphasized a significant amount of alumni support for Donahue.
All rights reserved. It's the business we've chosen. "While Penn will see immediate changes to its program, it isn't the only Ivy program with interest in the coaching change. Analytical Cookies also help us measure the performance of our advertising campaigns in order to help us improve our advertising campaigns and to optimize our Services' content for those who engage with our advertising. Steve Donahue is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach of the Penn Quakers men's basketball team. For his introductory press conference at the Palestra on Tuesday, the new Penn basketball coach opted for the red and blue tie instead. Epic Organizations. Come back from the ledge. Miles Jackson-Cartwright, a guard for the Red and Blue from 2010-14, was one of those who was shocked by Allen leaving, but even he thought positively of Donahue's hiring. "I don't know that if you're Penn if you [can] go out and find a better guy than Steve Donahue. Donahue was a Penn assistant during the 1990s, helping the squad win five Ivy titles, before moving to Cornell, where he won three straight Ivy titles from 2008-10.
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"It's a great hire by Penn," 1995 College graduate Matt Maloney — who played for the Red and Blue while Donahue was an assistant — said in a text message. Steve Donahue, Cornell. Username Post: It's Steve Donahue (Topic#17707); Silver Maple Postdoc Posts: 3571 Loc: Westfield, New Jersey Reg: 11-23-04: 03-16-15 03:18 PM - Post# 186350 In response to umbrellaman It's not a daring or particularly creative hire. Steve J. Donohue is Managing Director - Endeavour Drinks of the Company. ‘No one teaches it like that’: How Steve Donahue transformed Penn basketball and ended Villanova’s vaunted Big 5 winning streak I think it will be a much easier transition just because they'll have a lot more time to meet with each other before they play a game. The Delaware County native and 1984 Ursinus graduate will be formally introduced today as the new Penn basketball coach during a 1 p.m. news conference at the Palestra. This...is...not...the...end...of...the...world. For example, Cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our site or use a shopping cart.
Let Steve share his epic story of change and help you find yours. into your inbox every Sunday morning.Get our award-winning print editions of The Daily Pennsylvanian delivered to your doorstep every week.34th Street Magazine's "Toast" to dear old Penn is a Sunday morning newsletter with the latest on Penn's After a successful first season in which the Eagles went 21-13, the squad fell on hard times, finishing with a losing record in three straight seasons. In an interview today, ESPN Ithaca asked Donahue's successor — coach Bill Courtney — if he thought it was a good move by Penn.
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Steve Donahue has been the coach at Cornell since 2000 and has done a remarkable job turning around the Big Red basketball program. Sweet 16 record -- 0-0.
"That, combined with my experiences as head coach at Cornell and Boston College, have led me to this distinct opportunity to return the program that I grew up watching to national prominence. “I am thrilled to be coming back to Penn as its head men's basketball coach,” Donahue said in a press release. "So when you out and get a guy like Steve who you know is a very good coach, that speaks well about your program. "It was a much different situation," Jackson-Cartwright said. After informing Allen on March 2 that he would not return in 2015-16, Calhoun hired Donahue as Allen's replacement less than a week after the former coach's final game with the Quakers, a 73-52 loss to Princeton.
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