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Donahue Named NABC District II Coach of the Year
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Courtesy: Cornell Athletic CommunicationsITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell men's basketball coach Steve Donahue has been named the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District II Coach of the Year on Tuesday. Donahue was chosen in a vote by his peers and is one of 16 coaches who will now be candidates for the NABC National Coach of the Year.
In his eighth season as head coach at Cornell, Donahue led the Big Red to a historic season, setting school records for most wins overall (22) and longest win streak (16) while posting the 13th undefeated Ivy League season in conference history. The Big Red earned the program's third NCAA tournament berth in 108 years of Cornell basketball by winning the Ancient Eight's regular season crown. Among the highlights were becoming the fourth school to sweep a Penn-Princeton road weekend in more than 50 years, taking eight straight road wins (the longest streak in 43 years) and improving its win total overall and in conference play for the sixth-straight season, the longest stretch in the country.
Among the school records set in 2007-08 were most points in a season (2,083), most 3-point field goals in a season (220) and highest free-throw percentage (.763), while its 29 assists in a win over Alvernia also was a new record.
The Big Red will find out its NCAA tournament future on Sunday, March 16 at 6 p.m. on CBS.
2008 NABC DIVISION I ALL-DISTRICT COACHES
District 1: Jim Calhoun, University of Connecticut
District 2: Steve Donahue, Cornell University
District 3: Mike Rice, Robert Morris University
District 4: John Thompson III, Georgetown University
District 5: Bob McKillop, Davidson College
District 6: Ronnie Arrow, University of South Alabama
District 7: Kevin Stallings, Vanderbilt University and Bruce Pearl, University of Tennessee
District 8: Dave Dickerson, Tulane University
District 9: Rick Barnes, University of Texas
District 10: Sean Miller, Xavier University
District 11: Bo Ryan, University of Wisconsin
District 12: Keno Davis, Drake University
District 13: Greg Graham, Boise State University
District 14: Trent Johnson, Stanford University
District 15: Bob Burton, Cal State Fullerton
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches Located in Kansas City, MO, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently claims nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.com.
