Eddie Donovan
Basketball Coach
1922 – 2001
Who was Eddie Donovan?
Eddie Donovan 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.
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- Born
- Jun 2, 1922
Elizabeth - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Elizabeth
- Died
- Jan 20, 2001
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on July 23, 2013
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