- Terry Donahue
College coach infobox
Name = Terry Donahue
| Caption =
DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1944|6|24
Birthplace = flagicon|California Los Angeles, CA
DateOfDeath =
Sport = Football
College =
Title =Head coach
CurrentRecord =
OverallRecord = 151-74-8
Awards = See Below
Championships = 5 Pac-10 Conference Championships
(1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1993)
CFbDWID = 614
Player = Y
Years = 1965-1966
Team = UCLA
Position = DT
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1976-1995
CoachTeams = UCLA
FootballHOF = 2000
CollegeHOFID = 80031Terry Donahue (born
June 24 ,1944 , inLos Angeles, California ) is a formercollege football coach and NFL general manager, and a current football analyst.Player
Terry graduated from Notre Dame High School in
Sherman Oaks, California . Donahue playeddefensive line atUCLA . After graduating, he became an assistant coach at theUniversity of Kansas underPepper Rodgers .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 theUCLA-USC rivalry . His teams won four New Year's Day Bowl games in a row from 1983 to 1986.Media
He was the lead college football analyst for
CBS Sports from 1996 to 1998, and was inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame in 2000.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. [San Francisco 49ers ] Among other things, "Donahue's draft record was spotty and the granting of a combined $19 million in signing bonuses to cornerbackAhmed Plummer and running backKevan Barlow was questioned." [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/06/SPG21ALTBD1.DTL&hw=terry+donahue&sn=008&sc=578 49ERS CLEAN HOUSE / Whatís up, Doc? / Erickson, Donahue are fired ] ] "Many around the NFL believe Donahue was even more responsible for the 49ers' demise [during this era of team history] than co-ownerJohn York , who's often portrayed as the fall guy." [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/09/SPGLGANM761.DTL&hw=terry+donahue&sn=003&sc=737 ANALYSIS / Donahue deserves most of blame for 14 losses ] ] Although, in Bill Walsh's obituary, it is mentioned that Walsh was widely thought to be disappointed with York, brother-in-law of former ownerEdward J. DeBartolo Jr. , who seized control of the team in 1998 and presided over the 49ers' regression to the bottom of the league. [ [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/07/30/former_49ers_coach_bill_walsh_dead_at_75/?page=2 Former 49ers coach Bill Walsh dead at 75] By JANIE MCCAULEY AP Sports Writer. July 30, 2007 (link from Boston Globe)]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.
Personal awards
*1997
Rose Bowl Hall of Fame
*2000 College Football Hall of Fame
*2001UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame
*2005Sun Bowl Hall of Fame
*2008 UCLA Alumnus of the YearHead coaching record
CFB Yearly Record Subhead
name =UCLA Bruins
startyear = 1976
conf =Pacific Ten Conference
endyear = 1995
ranking = —
ranking2 = —CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1976
name = UCLA
overall = 9-2-1
conference = 6-1
confstanding = 2
ranking = 15
ranking2 = 15
bowlname =Liberty Bowl
bowloutcome = L 6-36CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1977
name = UCLA
overall = 0-11 (a)
conference = 0-8
confstanding =
ranking = —
ranking2 = —CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1978
name = UCLA
overall = 8-3-1
conference = 6-2
confstanding = 2
ranking = 14
ranking2 = 12
bowlname =Fiesta Bowl
bowloutcome = T 10-10CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1979
name = UCLA
overall = 5-6
conference = 3-4
confstanding = 7
ranking = —
ranking2 = —CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1980
name = UCLA
overall = 9-2
conference = 5-2
confstanding = 2
ranking = 13
ranking2 = 14
bowlname = (b)
bowloutcome = CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1981
name = UCLA
overall = 7-4-1
conference = 4-2-1
confstanding = 4 - T
ranking = —
ranking2 = —
bowlname =Bluebonnet Bowl
bowloutcome = L 14-33CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
year = 1982
name = UCLA
overall = 10-1-1
conference = 5-1-1
confstanding = 1
ranking = 5
ranking2 = 5
bowlname = Rose Bowl
bowloutcome = W 24-14CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
year = 1983
name = UCLA
overall = 7-4-1
conference = 6-1-1
confstanding = 1
ranking = 17
ranking2 = 13
bowlname = Rose Bowl
bowloutcome = W 45-9CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1984
name = UCLA
overall = 9-3
conference = 5-2
confstanding = 3 - T
ranking = 9
ranking2 = 10
bowlname =Fiesta Bowl
bowloutcome = W 39-37CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
year = 1985
name = UCLA
overall = 9-2-1
conference = 6-2
confstanding = 1
ranking = 7
ranking2 = 6
bowlname = Rose Bowl
bowloutcome = W 45-28CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1986
name = UCLA
overall = 8-3-1
conference = 5-2-1
confstanding = 2 - T
ranking = 14
ranking2 = 14
bowlname =Freedom Bowl
bowloutcome = W 31-10CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
year = 1987
name = UCLA
overall = 10-2
conference = 7-1
confstanding = 1 - T
ranking = 9
ranking2 = 11
bowlname =Aloha Bowl
bowloutcome = W 20-16CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1988
name = UCLA
overall = 10-2
conference = 6-2
confstanding = 2
ranking = 6
ranking2 = 6
bowlname = Cotton Bowl
bowloutcome = W 17-3CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1989
name = UCLA
overall = 3-7-1
conference = 2-5-1
confstanding = 9
ranking = —
ranking2 = —CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1990
name = UCLA
overall = 5-6
conference = 4-4
confstanding = 6 - T
ranking = —
ranking2 = —CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1991
name = UCLA
overall = 9-3
conference = 6-2
confstanding = 2 - T
ranking = 19
ranking2 = 18
bowlname =Sun Bowl
bowloutcome = W 6-3CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1992
name = UCLA
overall = 6-5
conference = 3-5
confstanding = 8
ranking = —
ranking2 = —CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
year = 1993
name = UCLA
overall = 8-4
conference = 6-1
confstanding = 1 - T
ranking = 18
ranking2 = 17
bowlname = Rose Bowl
bowloutcome = L 16-21CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1994
name = UCLA
overall = 5-6
conference = 3-5
confstanding = 5 - T
ranking = —
ranking2 = —CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1995
name = UCLA
overall = 7-5
conference = 4-4
confstanding = 5 - T
ranking = —
ranking2 = —
bowlname =Aloha Bowl
bowloutcome = L 30-51CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = UCLA
overall = 144-81-8
confrecord = 92-61-5CFB Yearly Record End
overall = 144-81-8
bcs = no
poll = two
polltype =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 probationReferences
[http://www.corporateartists.com/speaker_terry_donahue.html Biography] at "Corporate Artists"
ee also
Matt Millen
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