Marshall Thundering Herd Men's Basketball - Marshall Thundering Herd Men's Basketball Coaches, Marshall Thundering Herd Men's Basketball Players (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball coaches, Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball players, Billy Donovan, Jason Williams, John Pelphrey, Cam Henderson, Dana Altman, Mike D'Antoni, Gregg Marshall, Anthony Grant, Tom Herrion, Hassan Whiteside, Leo Byrd, Hal Greer, Charlie Slack, Henry Dickerson, Dan D'Antoni, Donnie Jones, Keith Veney, Tamar Slay, Ron Jirsa, Luke Gross, Russ Lee, Bob Marlin, Boyd Chambers, Bob Zuffelato, Andy Tonkovich, Greg White, Norm Willey, Johnny Watson, Bob Allen, Tom Dandelet, Rick Huckabay, Darren Tillis, Carl Tacy, George Stone, Charles Tallman. Excerpt: William John "Billy" Donovan, Jr. (born May 30, 1965) is an American college basketball coach and former college and professional basketball player. Donovan is the current head coach of the Florida Gators. He is best known for leading the Florida Gators to two consecutive national championships. Donovan has coached the Gators in three NCAA championship game appearances in 2000, 2006 and 2007. The Gators lost to the Michigan State Spartans in the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball final. The Gators won the national championship in 2006 with a 73-57 win over the UCLA and again in 2007 with an 84-75 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes, making Donovan the first coach since Mike Krzyzewski to win back-to-back NCAA titles. He is one of only four men (Dean Smith, Joe B. Hall and Bobby Knight being the others) to appear in the NCAA Final Four as a player and win the national championship as a coach. After a brief stint as head coach of the Orlando Magic that lasted only five days, Donovan re-signed with the Gators on June 7, 2007, to a deal that made him the highest-paid head coach in college basketball, at $3.5 million per year. Donovan was born and raised in Rockville Centre on Long Island, New York. He is the son of Bill Donovan, Sr., t...