Anne Donovan

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Anne Donovan (2011)

Anne Theresa Donovan (born November 1, 1961 in Ridgewood , New Jersey - † June 13, 2018 ) was an American basketball player and coach. As an active player, she played in the center position, won Olympic gold with the American national team in 1984 and 1988 and became world champion in 1986 after the vice world championship in 1983. After her active career, she coached various college teams in the 1990s and then became the first female coach of a WNBA championship team. Since 2006, after having been an assistant several times since 1997, she was the trainer of the US women's basketball team, which led her to a bronze medal at the 2006 World Cup. Donovan is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame , the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, and the FIBA Hall of Fame .

As an active person

Donovan began her career in 1979 as a college player at Old Dominion University in Norfolk , she led the Lady Monarchs of the university three times in four years in the final four tournament for the national university championship and in 1980 for a championship title of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ( AIAW). In her final year 1982/83 she reached the Final Four of the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship . She was named in various All-American selections and in 1983 became the first woman to be named Naismith College Player of the Year . Her 801 blocks during her college years are the highest mark for college players to this day.

After graduating from college, she played for the basketball team of Shizuoka , Japan for five years and in Modena , Italy for a year before retiring from active sports in 1989.

Donovan celebrated her greatest successes with the American national team ; In her first year of college, Donovan was nominated for the US selection for the tournament at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, but was not used because of the US boycott of the Games, instead she won Olympic gold in 1984 and 1988 . In addition, Donovan was second in 1983 and winner in 1986 at the world championships, and in 1983 and 1987 American champion.

As a trainer

After the end of her active career, she worked as an assistant coach of her alma mater's team, Old Dominion University, from 1990 to 1995, before becoming head coach of the East Carolina University basketball team in 1995 . Because of her successful work, she became assistant coach of the US national team in 1997 - which she also remained during her career as a professional coach - and in 1998 head coach of the Philadelphia Rage in the American Basketball League , which was soon to cease playing. In 2000 she was used as a transition coach of the Indiana Fever in the WNBA, a year later she was then regular trainer of the Charlotte Sting , which she led in the first year in the WNBA's final series. After two years, she moved to Seattle Storm in 2003 , with whom she was the first female coach to win the WNBA championship in 2004 . After the 2006 season , she left Seattle and was appointed as the new national basketball coach for the USA. In 2006, she won bronze at the World Cup as a trainer and led the team to the 2008 Summer Olympics .

Donovan died of heart failure in June 2018 at the age of 56 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mechelle Voepel: Anne Donovan, Hall of Famer and first woman to coach the WNBA championship team, this at 56. In: ESPN . June 14, 2018, accessed June 14, 2018 .
  2. ^ Anne Donovan. Old Dominion University Monarchs - Women's Basketball, archived from the original on April 1, 2009 ; accessed on June 14, 2018 .
  3. ↑ USA basketball veteran Anne Donovan Called Upon To Lead US At 2006 FIBA ​​World Championship, 2008 Olympic Games. In: usabasketball.com. January 12, 2006, archived from the original on May 8, 2009 ; accessed on June 14, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Donovan, Anne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Donovan, Anne Theresa (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Ridgewood , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 2018