Jim Donnan
Jim Donnan’s long-term success as a college player and coach paved the way to his current career in sports broadcasting. In Jim Donnan's five years as head coach of the Bulldogs, he revitalized a Georgia program and re-established the football team’s greatest tradition of the 20th century — winning. A native of Burlington, N.C., Donnan came to Georgia following a record-setting run at Marshall. He has been named national 1-AA Coach of the Year twice (1992,’95) and District Coach of the Year in 1993.
Audio Introduction
March 15, 2010
by Jim Donnan
Jim Donnan may be in the College Football Hall of Fame, but growing up not far from Tobacco Road he knows a bit about the roundball as well. He talks about the excitement of the tournament, his time at Marshall guiding a team through a (gasp) football playoff, and what he learned from some of the great college basketball coaches he's become friends with over the years. Also, Coach proves he'd take talent over experience any time by picking Kentucky to win it all.
March 10, 2010
by Jim Donnan
Head football coaches have to deal with more staff than basketball coaches do players, so recruiting, training, and maintaining a solid coaching staff is paramount to winning at any level of football. Coach Donnan talks some about the importance of trust and delegation, finding new players vs. finding new coaches, and more issues in putting together a quality staff.
March 3, 2010
by Jim Donnan
It's all things spring, from spring football practice to spring break, as Coach Donnan tells us what coaches are looking for in early workouts, and how they begin to develop a team. Also, Coach tells us which school he'd watch practice this spring, and where he wouldn't go for spring break.
February 15, 2010
by Jim Donnan
Coach Donnan reflects on National Signing Day and looks at the evolution of recruiting from his days as a player, up through his time as a coach and the years since. He also shares a few anecdotes on the highs and lows of trying to help high school seniors decide where to play in college.
November 12, 2009
by Jim Donnan
Breaking down what teams/conferences can do to make the game better all around is just one of the many topics covered in Jeff Dantzler and Jim Donnan's look at the world of football across the nation.
Segements
1. Texas/Florida/Alabama - On Upset Alert On the Road?
2. WVU at Cincy
3. Utah at TCU / Iowa at OSU
4. The State of College Football
November 10, 2009
by Jim Donnan
Stanford signal caller backs up his Coach's support in the Oregon upset.
After Jeremiah Masoli spat some friendly fire about Stanford's fan base, Luck answered with over 250 yards passing and 2 touchdowns. It was pretty convincing supporting evidence for Jim Harbaugh's support and enough to be National Football Expert Jim Donnan's One Thing for this week in college football.
To hear other One Thing's from around the nation, click the link above.
November 9, 2009
by Jim Donnan
Donnan talks on perfect Iowa and rising Oregon both falling to conference foes
Jim Donnan and Jeff Dantzler look back on week 10 of the college football season and unveil the Buster Coaches Busterdozen ranking, where there have been some considerable shake ups.
1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Alabama
4. (tie) TCU
4. (tie) Cincinnati
6. Boise St.
7. Georgia Tech
8. Pittsburgh
9. Ohio St.
10. Iowa
11. LSU
12. Houston
13. USC
November 6, 2009
by Jim Donnan
The three guys who've had better years than Tebow and McCoy...
Coach Donnan talks contenders who have put together the most solid season's thus far in 2009 earning the high mark in the week 10 Heisman Watch.
Donnan's Heisman Watch:
1. Case Keenum
2. Mark Ingram
3. Jimmy Clausen
November 5, 2009
by Jim Donnan
Saban welcomes his old team to Bryant-Denny for an SEC West Showdown.
Nick Saban takes pride in big games like this, National Football Expert Jim Donnan expects Alabama's defense to show lots of different looks to try and frustrate LSU's offense. Will the Bayou Bengals be able to pull off the upset in Tuscaloosa? Tune in and hear what Jeff Dantzler and Jim Donnan say about all of the top storylines from around the nation. To jump to a specific topic, hit the green "Segments" tab on the right side of the player.
Segments
1. Predicting the BCS Bowl Games
2. Ohio State and USC Not As Dominant As Usual
3. Previewing LSU/Alabama
4. Picks and Predictions from the rest of the biggest games around the nation.
November 3, 2009
by Jim Donnan
Coach Donnan stresses the importance of an offensive system and how it has worked in Eugene.
Chip Kelly knew what he had to do to turn around his Oregon team after a disastrous game in Boise. Behind the leadership of Jeremiah Masoli, Chip Kelly has instituted an offensive system that is working. It has worked so well it pouded the highly-touted USC defense into submission on a national stage in Eugene. The system and how it is working is Donnan's One Thing for Week 9. For other One Thing's from around the nation click the link above.
