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Billy Donovan

1965 - Today

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William John Donovan Jr. (born May 30, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Billy Donovan is the 469th most popular coach (down from 432nd in 2024), the 17,371st most popular biography from United States (down from 16,391st in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Coach.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Billy Donovan ranks 469 out of 471. Before him are Viktor Goncharenko, Iñigo Idiakez, Darren Ferguson, Chris Wilder, Shuhei Yomoda, and Frank Klopas. After him are Juan Ramón López Muñiz, Daniele Conti, Yang Pu, Frank Gray, Marco Kurz, and José Ramón Sandoval.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Billy Donovan ranks 1,078. Before him are Grant Connell, Dzifa Gomashie, Pieter Aldrich, Rita Kőbán, Sylvia Eder, and Orlando Hernández. After him are Yuji Ito, Eric Jelen, Theresa Zabell, Richard Taylor, Seema Biswas, and Peter Konyegwachie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billy Donovan ranks 17,378 out of 20,380. Before him are Amber Midthunder (1997), Lionel Hollins (1953), Anthony Bowie (1963), Halle Bailey (2000), Brian Bloom (1970), and Marcus Chong (1967). After him are Christopher Cassidy (1970), Scott Skiles (1964), Aaron Peirsol (1983), Beto O'Rourke (1972), Carrie Steinseifer (1968), and Derek Parra (1970).

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Among COACHES In United States

Among coaches born in United States, Billy Donovan ranks 13. Before him are Bob Bradley (1958), Tom Thibodeau (1958), Bob Knight (1940), Steve Sampson (1957), Flip Saunders (1955), and Fabian Hürzeler (1993). After him are Quin Snyder (1966), Roy Lassiter (1969), Shannon MacMillan (1974), Fred Hoiberg (1972), J. B. Bickerstaff (1979), and Scott Gomez (1979).

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