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Billy Donovan

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American college basketball player, professional basketball player, point guard, college basketball coach, NCAA Tournament championship coach

United States Basketball PlayersBorn 1965 · age 61

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William John Donovan Jr. is an American professional basketball coach and former player who most recently was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Billy Donovan, left, and the 2006-07 Gators, with U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House in 2007.

Donovan cutting down the nets after the Gators beat Dayton in the Elite Eight

Teams 3

Providence Friars men's basketball1983-1987

Oklahoma City Thunder

New York Knicks

Awards 1

2025Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Connected to Billy 6

Micky ArisonAlso won Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Mel DanielsAlso won Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Geno AuriemmaAlso won Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Chick HearnAlso won Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Nancy LiebermanAlso won Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Connie HawkinsAlso won Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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William John Donovan Jr. is an American professional basketball coach and former player who most recently was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Before moving to the NBA, he served as the head basketball coach at the University of Florida from 1996 to 2015, and led his Florida Gator teams to back-to-back NCAA championships in 2006 and 2007, as well as an NCAA championship appearance in 2000. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 2025.

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United States