Billy Donovan

Alma Mater: 

Providence

Class of: 

1987

Hometown: 
Long Island, NY
High School: 
St. Agnes High School
  • Coach of Final Four team in 2000 before winning back-to-back NCAA Tournament championships in 2006 and 2007
  • Guided Florida to 2008 NIT semifinals
  • Won three consecutive SEC Tournament titles with Florida (2005 through 2007)
  • Florida's all-time winningest coach
  • Assistant coach at Kentucky under Rick Pitino for five seasons from 1989-90 through 1993-94
  • Major-college career playing statistics under Joe Mullaney and Pitino (10.9 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 4.5 apg, 1.4 spg, 46.1 FG%, 81.3 FT%). All-Big East Conference first-team selection as a senior after being a third-team pick the previous year. Third-round NBA draft choice of the Utah Jazz in 1987 averaged 2.4 ppg in 44 games with the New York Knicks in 1987-88
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (nine: AP/USA)--1999 (23/17), 2000 (13/2), 2001 (8/13), 2002 (15/23), 2003 (10/16), 2005 (16/24), 2006 (11/1), 2007 (6/1) and 2011 (15/10)
  • All-Americans (three): Florida's Udonis Haslem (2001 and 2002), Al Horford (2007) and Joakim Noah (2007).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1994-95

Marshall

18-9

10-4

1st

Southern (North)

DNP

1995-96

Marshall

17-11

8-6

3rd

Southern (North)

DNP

1996-97

Florida

13-17

5-11

5th

SEC (Eastern)

DNP

1997-98

Florida

14-15

6-10

6th

SEC (Eastern)

DNP

1998-99

Florida

22-9

10-6

3rd

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA (2-1)

1999-00

Florida

29-8

12-4

1st

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA (5-1)

2000-01

Florida

24-7

12-4

T-1st

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA (1-1)

2001-02

Florida

22-9

10-6

T-1st

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA (0-1)

2002-03

Florida

25-8

12-4

2nd

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA (1-1)

2003-04

Florida

20-11

9-7

2nd

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA (0-1)

2004-05

Florida

24-8

12-4

2nd

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA (1-1)

2005-06

Florida

33-6

10-6

2nd

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA (6-0)

2006-07

Florida

35-5

13-3

1st

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA (6-0)

2007-08

Florida

24-12

8-8

4th

SEC (Eastern)

NIT (3-1)

2008-09

Florida

25-11

9-7

3rd

SEC (Eastern)

NIT (2-1)

2009-10

Florida

21-13

9-7

4th

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA (0-1)

2010-11

Florida

29-8

13-3

1st

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA

2011-12

Florida
  • 17-Year Coaching Record: 395-167 (.703) overall
  • 35-20 (.636) in two years at Marshall
  • 360-147 (.710) in first 15 years at Florida
  • 18-10 (.643) in southern Conference
  • 150-90 (.625) in Southeastern Conference
  • 1-2 (.333) in southern Conference Tournament
  • 17-11 (.607) in SEC Tournament
  • 22-8 (.733) in NCAA Tournament
  • 5-2 (.714) in NIT