1. Michael Joseph "Iron Mike" Donahue was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, baseball, tennis, track, soccer, and golf, and a college athletics administrator.
12 Facts About Mike Donahue
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Mike Donahue served as the head football coach at Auburn University, at Louisiana State University, and at Spring Hill College.
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Mike Donahue coached basketball, baseball, track, and soccer at Auburn and baseball and tennis at LSU.
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Mike Donahue was inducted as a coach into the College Football Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class in 1951.
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Mike Donahue was born in County Kerry, Ireland and attended Yale University.
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Mike Donahue played as a substitute quarterback on the football team, and was twice captain of the scrub team.
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Mike Donahue served as athletic director, basketball coach, baseball coach, track coach, and soccer coach while at Auburn.
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In 1944 and 1945, Mike Donahue served as the head coach of the LSU Tigers golf team.
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Mike Donahue served as the athletic director at Spring Hill College from 1929 to 1936.
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In 1931, Mike Donahue assisted Pat Browne with the football team at Spring Hill.
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In 1934, Donahue reentered the active coaching ranks, when he was hired as head coach and mentored his son, Mike, Jr.
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Mike Donahue died on December 11,1960, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.