Eddie Donovan

Eddie Donovan (June 2, 1922, Elizabeth, New Jersey – January 20, 2001) was a professional basketball coach and executive.

He coached the New York Knickerbockers from 1961 through 1965, and was the coach on the opposing sideline when Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain had his record-setting 100-point game in Hershey, Pennsylvania on March 2, 1962.

He later became the team's general manager. In that role, he drafted Willis Reed and traded for Dave DeBusschere, two moves leading up to the Knicks winning the NBA title in 1970.

Donovan later became an executive with the Buffalo Braves, where he won the NBA Executive of the Year Award for the 1973-74 season.

Prior to his career with the Knicks, Donovan was the head men's basketball coach at St. Bonaventure University from 1953 through 1961.

External links

BasketballReference.com: Eddie Donovan

St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball head coaches

Richard Phelan (1919–1920)
Al Carmont (1920–1923)
Glenn Carberry (1923–1926)
Jack Flavin (1926–1927)
Fred Ostergren (1927–1928)
Mike Reilly (1928–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Anselm Krieger (1944–1946)
Harry Singleton (1946–1947)
Ed Melvin (1947–1953)
Eddie Donovan (1953–1961)
Larry Weise (1961–1973)
Jim Satalin (1973–1982)
Jim O'Brien (1982–1986)
Ron DeCarli (1986–1989)
Tom Chapman (1989–1992)
Jim Baron (1992–2001)
Jan van Breda Kolff (2001–2003)
Anthony Solomon (2003–2007)
Mark Schmidt (2007– )

New York Knicks head coaches

Neil Cohalan (1946–1947)
Joe Lapchick (1947–1956)
Vince Boryla (1956–1958)
Andrew Levane (1958–1959)
Carl Braun (1959–1961)
Eddie Donovan (1961–1965)
Harry Gallatin (1965)
Dick McGuire (1965–1967)
Red Holzman (1967–1977)
Willis Reed (1977–1978)
Red Holzman (1978–1982)
Hubie Brown (1982–1986)
Bob Hill (1986–1987)
Rick Pitino (1987–1989)
Stu Jackson (1989–1990)
John MacLeod (1990–1991)
Pat Riley (1991–1995)
Don Nelson (1995–1996)
Jeff Van Gundy (1996–2001)
Don Chaney (2001–2004)
Herb Williams # (2004)
Lenny Wilkens (2004–2005)
Herb Williams # (2005)
Larry Brown (2005–2006)
Isiah Thomas (2006–2008)
Mike D'Antoni (2008–2012)
Mike Woodson (2012–2014)
Derek Fisher (2014–2016)
Kurt Rambis # (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

New York Knicks

Founded in 1946 Based in New York City, New York

Franchise	Franchise All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season

Arenas	Madison Square Garden III 69th Regiment Armory Madison Square Garden IV

General Managers	Podesta Boryla Donovan Holzman Donovan DeBusschere Stirling Bianchi Checketts Grunfeld Layden Thomas Walsh Grunwald Mills

D-League affiliate	Westchester Knicks

Administration	The Madison Square Garden Company (Owner) James Dolan (Chairman & CEO) Steve Mills (GM) Phil Jackson (President) Kurt Rambis (Head Coach)

Retired Numbers	10 12 15 (McGuire) 15 (Monroe) 18 19 22 24 33 613

Hall of Fame members	Walt Bellamy Bill Bradley Hubie Brown Larry Brown Nathaniel Clifton Dave DeBusschere Patrick Ewing Walt Frazier Harry Gallatin Tom Gola Richie Guerin Spencer Haywood Red Holzman Bernard King Jerry Lucas Slater Martin Bob McAdoo Dick McGuire Earl Monroe Dikembe Mutombo Don Nelson Rick Pitino Willis Reed Pat Riley Lenny Wilkens Phil Jackson

NBA Championships (2)	1970 1973

Conference Championships (8)	1951 1952 1953 1970 1972 1973 1994 1999

Rivalries	Boston Celtics Brooklyn Nets Chicago Bulls Indiana Pacers Miami Heat

Culture and Lore	Dancing Harry Eddie Spike Lee Disputed foul against Scottie Pippen Diedrich Knickerbocker Knicks–Nuggets brawl Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray? Mike Walczewski George Kalinsky John Starks' 2-for-18 in Game 7 of the 1994 Finals Linsanity

Media	TV MSG Network Radio WEPN-FM Announcers Mike Breen Walt Frazier Kenny Albert Mike Crispino Kelly Tripucka

Los Angeles Clippers

Formerly the Buffalo Braves (1970–1978) and the San Diego Clippers (1978–1984) Founded in 1970 Based in Los Angeles, California

Franchise	Franchise Expansion Draft Seasons All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Broadcasters Training Center Current season

Arenas	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Maple Leaf Gardens San Diego Sports Arena Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Staples Center

General Managers	Donovan Sonju Scheer Baylor Dunleavy Olshey Sacks Wohl

D-League affiliate	None

Administration	Owner Steve Ballmer President of Business Operations Gillian Zucker President of Basketball Operations & Head Coach Doc Rivers Vice President of Basketball Operations Kevin Eastman General Manager Dave Wohl

Division Championships (2)	2013 2014

Culture and lore	Buffalo Braves Clipper Darrell Lob City Billy Crystal Donald Sterling

Rivals	Los Angeles Lakers

Media	TV Prime Ticket Radio KFWB KWKW (Spanish) Announcers Ralph Lawler Mike Smith Brian Sieman Celso Gaspar (Spanish)

NBA Executive of the Year Award

1973: Axelson
1974: Donovan
1975: Vertlieb
1976: J. Colangelo
1977: Patterson
1978: Drossos
1979: Ferry
1980: Auerbach
1981: J. Colangelo
1982: Ferry
1983: Volchok
1984: Layden
1985: Boryla
1986: Kasten
1987: Kasten
1988: Krause
1989: J. Colangelo
1990: Bass
1991: Buckwalter
1992: Embry
1993: J. Colangelo
1994: Whitsitt
1995: West
1996: Krause
1997: Bass
1998: Embry
1999: Petrie
2000: Gabriel
2001: Petrie
2002: Thorn
2003: Dumars
2004: West
2005: B. Colangelo
2006: Baylor
2007: B. Colangelo
2008: Ainge
2009: Warkentien
2010: Hammond
2011: Forman & Riley
2012: Bird
2013: Ujiri
2014: Buford
2015: Myers

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