Edward Donahue

Edward Donahue
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball, track
Born	c. 1891
Died	October 29, 1961 (aged 70) Boston, Massachusetts
Playing career
Football
1914	Washington and Lee
Baseball
c. 1915	Washington and Lee
1924	Dover Senators
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1917–1920	Clemson
1931	Western Reserve (backfield)
Basketball
1916–1919	Clemson
Baseball
1918–1919	Clemson
1923–1926	Dover Senators
1927	Easton Farmers
1928	Martinsburg Blue Sox
1928	Cambridge Canners
1937	Dover Orioles
1938	Greenville Spinners
1940	Hollywood Chiefs
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1917–1920	Clemson
Head coaching record
Overall	21–12–3 (college football) 14–5 (college basketball) 17–21–1 (college baseball)

Edward A. "Jiggs" Donahue (c. 1891 – October 29, 1961) was an American football and baseball player, coach of multiple sports, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Clemson University from 1917 to 1920, compiling a record of 21–12–3 (.625). He also served as the school's basketball and baseball coach, as well as the track coach. He was an alumnus of Washington and Lee College where he played football and baseball.^[1] Donahue joined the football coaching staff at Western Reserve University in 1931, serving as the backfield coach under head coach Tom Keady.^[2] Donahue died on October 29, 1961 in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 70.^[3]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Clemson Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1917–1920)
1917	Clemson	6–2	5–1	T–2nd
1918	Clemson	5–2	3–1	4th
1919	Clemson	6–2–2	3–2–2	11th
1920	Clemson	4–6–1	2–6	17th
Clemson:		21–12–3	13–10–2
Total:		21–12–3

References

↑ "Former Head Coaches" (PDF). Retrieved December 10, 2015.
↑ "New Staff At Reserve; Jiggs Donahue Selected; Open With Purdue Team". The Salem News. Salem, Ohio. August 13, 1931. p. 5. Retrieved December 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ AP (October 31, 1961). ""Jigg" Donahue dies". Newport Daily News. Newport, Rhode Island. p. 2. Retrieved December 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Edward Donahue at the College Football Data Warehouse

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Clemson Tigers men's basketball head coaches

Frank Dobson (1911–1913)
John O. Erwin (1913–1915)
A. H. Ward (1915–1916)
Edward Donahue (1916–1919)
Country Morris (1919–1920)
Larry Conover (1919–1920)
E. J. Stewart (1921–1923)
Bud Saunders (1923–1925)
A. A. Gilliam (1925–1926)
Josh Cody (1926–1931)
Joe Davis (1931–1940)
Rock Norman (1940–1946)
Banks McFadden (1946–1956)
Press Maravich (1956–1962)
Bobby Roberts (1962–1970)
Tates Locke (1970–1975)
Bill Foster (1975–1984)
Cliff Ellis (1984–1994)
Rick Barnes (1994–1998)
Larry Shyatt (1998–2003)
Oliver Purnell (2003–2010)
Brad Brownell (2010– )

Clemson Tigers athletic directors

Walter Riggs (1896–1910) Frank Dobson (1910–1912) Bob Williams (1913–1915) Wayne Hart (1916) Edward Donahue (1917–1920) E. J. Stewart (1921–1922) Bud Saunders (1923–1926) Mutt Gee (1927–1930) Jess Neely (1931–1939) Frank Howard (1940–1971) Bill McLellan (1971–1985) Bobby Robinson (1985–2002) Terry Don Phillips (2002–2012) Dan Radakovich (2012– )

Clemson Tigers head football coaches

Walter Riggs (1896)
William M. Williams (1897)
John Penton (1898)
Walter Riggs (1899)
John Heisman (1900–1903)
Shack Shealy (1904)
Eddie Cochems (1905)
Bob Williams (1906)
Frank Shaughnessy (1907)
Stein Stone (1908)
Bob Williams (1909)
Frank Dobson (1910–1912)
Bob Williams (1913–1915)
Wayne Hart (1916)
Edward Donahue (1917–1920)
E. J. Stewart (1921–1922)
Bud Saunders (1923–1926)
Bob Williams (1926)
Josh Cody (1927–1930)
Jess Neely (1931–1939)
Frank Howard (1940–1969)
Hootie Ingram (1970–1972)
Red Parker (1973–1976)
Charley Pell (1977–1978)
Danny Ford (1979–1989)
Ken Hatfield (1990–1993)
Tommy West (1993–1998)
Tommy Bowden (1999–2008)
Dabo Swinney (2008– )

Clemson Tigers head baseball coaches

R. T. V. Bowman (1896)
No team (1897)
R. T. V. Bowman (1898)
Unknown (1899–1900)
John Heisman (1901–1903)
John McMakin (1904–1906)
Frank Shaughnessy (1907)
Robert Lynch (1908)
Jesse Reynolds (1909)
Joe Holland (1910)
Frank Dobson (1911–1913)
Thomas Robertson (1914)
Carl Sitton (1915–1916)
Country Morris (1917)
Edward Donahue (1918–1919)
Country Morris (1920)
Larry Conover (1921)
L. V. H. Durfee (1922–1924)
Thomas May (1925)
Cul Richards (1926)
Tink Gillam (1927)
Joe Guyon (1928–1931)
Jess Neely (1932–1938)
Randy Hinson (1939–1940)
Tom Rogers (1941–1942)
Frank Howard (1943)
No team (1944)
Walter Cox (1945)
Randy Hinson (1946–1947)
Walter Cox (1948–1951)
Bob Smith (1952–1957)
Bill Wilhelm (1958–1993)
Jack Leggett (1994–2015)
Monte Lee (2016– )

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