Mike Donahue
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| "Iron Mike" Donahue | ||
| Date of birth | June 14, 1876 | |
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| Date of death | December 11, 1960 | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Title | Head Coach | |
| Overall Record | 123-54-8 | |
| Coaching Stats | College Football DataWarehouse | |
| School as a player | ||
| 1899-1903 | Yale | |
| Position | Quarterback | |
| Schools as a coach | ||
| 1904-06 1908-22 1923-27 |
Auburn Auburn LSU |
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| College Football Hall of Fame, 1951 | ||
Michael "Iron Mike" Donahue (June 14, 1876 - December 11, 1960) was a head football coach at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Donahue graduated from Yale University in 1903, where he played quarterback, and became the ninth Auburn football coach beginning with the 1904 season. His coaching career saw immediate success, as his first team went undefeated at 5–0. Iron Mike's Auburn teams were retroactively awarded three national titles during his tenure (1910, 1913, 1914) and were known for their big linemen, strong defense, and power offense. His 1913 and 1914 teams went undefeated, with the 1914 squad allowing zero points to be scored all year, outscoring opponents 193-0. From 1913 into 1915, Donahue went 22 consecutive games without a loss. His 1920 team averaged 36.9 points per game. In 18 seasons at Auburn, Coach Donahue amassed a record of 100–35–5 (his 73.2% win rate is still highest in Auburn history, surpassing fellow Tiger coaches including Heisman, Jordan, Dye, Bowden, and Tuberville) and had three squads go undefeated with four more suffering only one loss. During his tenure at Auburn, he also served as Athletic Director, basketball coach, baseball coach, and track coach. Auburn's first official varsity basketball team (1906) were 3–1–1, including victories over Georgia Tech and Tulane, a two point loss to the Columbus (Georgia) All-Stars and a tie with the Birmingham Athletic Club. Under Donahue, basketball practice was a contact sport; a former player once lamented "He never bothered calling fouls-said it slowed up the game".
Donahue went on to become the seventeenth head coach of LSU in 1923 and had a 23–19–3 record over 5 seasons before retiring from coaching after the 1927 season. Donahue also served as the head men’s tennis coach at Louisiana State University from 1946-1947, recording an overall record of 0-7. He was succeeded as head coach by Dub Robinson.
Coach Donahue was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.
| Preceded by: W.S. Bates |
Auburn University Head Football Coach 1904-1922 |
Succeeded by: Willis Keinholz |
| Preceded by: Branch Bocock |
LSU Tigers Head Football Coach 1923-1927 |
Succeeded by: Russ Cohen |
| Preceded by: Charles Diel |
LSU Tigers Head Men's Tennis Coach 1946-1947 |
Succeeded by: Dub Robinson |
| Preceded by: "Moon" Ducote |
LSU Tigers Head Baseball Coach 1925-1926 |
Succeeded by: Harry Rabenhorst |
| Auburn Tigers Head Football Coaches |
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| Petrie • Balliet • Harvey • Hall • Heisman • Watkins • Kent • Bates • Donahue • Keinholz • Pitts • Morey • Bohler • Floyd • Wynne • Meagher • Voyles • Brown • Jordan • Barfield • Dye • Bowden • Oliver • Tuberville |
| LSU Head Football Coaches |
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| Coates • Simmons • Jeardeau • Chavanne • Gregg • Boreland • Killian • Wingard • Pritchard • Mayhew • Dwyer • McDonald • Bible • Sutton • Pray • Bocock • Donahue • Cohen • Jones • Moore • Tinsley • Dietzel • McClendon • Rein • Stovall • Arnsparger • Archer • Hallman • DiNardo • Saban • Miles |
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