Billy Donlon

Billy Donlon
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Assistant coach
Team Northwestern
Conference Big Ten
Biographical details
Born (1977-02-10) February 10, 1977
Northbrook, Illinois
Playing career
1996–1999 UNC Wilmington
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2000 American (asst.)
2000–2001 St. Peters (asst.)
2001–2006 UNC Wilmington (asst.)
2006–2010 Wright State (assoc. HC)
2010–2016 Wright State
2016–2017 Michigan (asst.)
2017–present Northwestern (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall 109–94 (.537)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Horizon League Coach of the Year (2013)

William Joseph Donlon (born February 10, 1977) is an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant coach at Northwestern.

Donlon was promoted to head coach at Wright State on April 14, 2010 after spending the past four years as the team's associate head coach under the former head coach, Brad Brownell. Previous to that Donlon spent four years as Brownell's assistant at UNCW, where he played his college basketball. Donlon replaced Brownell who had accepted the position of head basketball coach at Clemson University the day before.[1][2]

Wright State athletic director Bob Grant said: “Coach Donlon brings not only an ability to continue what has been laid in place but also a wealth of basketball knowledge and expertise to his new position. We are confident that Billy will continue building our program and take Raider basketball to another level of success.”

On March 18, 2016, Wright State fired Donlon after 6 seasons as head coach.[3]

On May 4, 2016, Donlon was named assistant head coach for the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team.[4]

On June 25, 2017, Donlon was hired as an assistant coach for the Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team, replacing Pat Baldwin, who had taken the head coaching job at Milwaukee.[5]

Donlon, a Northbrook, Illinois native, has played professionally in France, Germany, and Ireland before becoming a coach.

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Wright State Raiders (Horizon League) (2010–2016)
2010–11 Wright State 19–1410–86th
2011–12 Wright State 13–197–118th
2012–13 Wright State 23–1310–6T–3rdCBI Semifinals
2013–14 Wright State 21–1510–63rdCIT Second Round
2014–15 Wright State 11–203–138th
2015–16 Wright State 22–1313–5T–2nd
Wright State: 109–94 (.537)53–49 (.520)
Total:109–94 (.537)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ↑ Mottram, Chris (April 13, 2010). "Wright State's Brad Brownell to Replace Oliver Purnell as Clemson Coach". sbnation.com. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Wright State Raiders promote assistant Billy Donlon to Head Coach, succeeding Brad Brownell". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 14, 2010. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  3. ↑ Borzello, Jeff; Goodman, Jeff (March 19, 2016). "Wright State Raiders fire coach Billy Donlon". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Donlon, Washington Named Assistant Coaches". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  5. ↑ Ryan, Shannon (June 26, 2017). "Northwestern hires Billy Donlon as assistant basketball coach". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
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