Edward Donahue

{{Short description|American sports coach and administrator (1891–1961)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Edward Donahue

| image = Jiggs Donahue (Taps 1920).png

| alt =

| caption = Donahue at Clemson in 1920

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|2|5}}

| birth_place = Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1961|10|29|1891|2|5}}

| death_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1914

| player_team2 = Washington and Lee

| player_sport3 = Baseball

| player_years4 = c. 1915

| player_team4 = Washington and Lee

| player_years5 = 1924

| player_team5 = Dover Senators

| player_positions = Quarterback (football)
Catcher (baseball)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1915–1916

| coach_team2 = Washington and Lee (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1917–1920

| coach_team3 = Clemson

| coach_years4 = 1931

| coach_team4 = Western Reserve (backfield)

| coach_sport5 = Basketball

| coach_years6 = 1916–1917

| coach_team6 = Washington and Lee

| coach_years7 = 1917–1919

| coach_team7 = Clemson

| coach_sport8 = Baseball

| coach_years9 = 1918–1919

| coach_team9 = Clemson

| coach_years10 = 1923–1926

| coach_team10 = Dover Senators

| coach_years11 = 1927

| coach_team11 = Easton Farmers

| coach_years12 = 1928

| coach_team12 = Martinsburg Blue Sox

| coach_years13 = 1928

| coach_team13 = Cambridge Canners

| coach_years14 = 1937

| coach_team14 = Dover Orioles

| coach_years15 = 1938

| coach_team15 = Greenville Spinners

| coach_years16 = 1940

| coach_team16 = Hollywood Chiefs

| admin_years1 = 1917–1920

| admin_team1 = Clemson

| overall_record = 21–12–3 (college football)
19–3 (college basketball)
17–21–1 (college baseball)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Edward Ambrose "Jiggs" Donahue{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/555847644 |title=Draft Registration Card |publisher=Selective Service System |date=June 1917 |via=fold3.com |url-access=subscription |accessdate=March 19, 2023}}{{efn|Not to be confused with major-league baseball players John A. "Jiggs" Donahue (1879–1913) and John F. "Jiggs" Donahue (1894–1949).}} (February 5, 1891 – October 29, 1961) was an American football and baseball player, coach of multiple sports, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Clemson University from 1917 to 1920, compiling a record of 21–12–3 (.625). He also served as the school's basketball and baseball coach, as well as the track coach. Donahue joined the football coaching staff at Western Reserve University in 1931, serving as the backfield coach under head coach Tom Keady.{{cite news |author= |title=New Staff At Reserve; Jiggs Donahue Selected; Open With Purdue Team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3801609/the_salem_news/ |newspaper=The Salem News |location=Salem, Ohio |date=August 13, 1931 |page=5 |access-date=December 10, 2015 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Donahue attended Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts and Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. At Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia he starred in baseball as a catcher.{{cite news |author= |title=Scouts Watching Him |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108705332/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=The Boston Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=July 20, 1912 |page=5 |access-date=August 31, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} Donahue died on October 29, 1961, in Boston, at the age of 70.{{cite news |author= |title="Jiggs" Donahue dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3797457/newport_daily_news/ |newspaper=Newport Daily News |location=Newport, Rhode Island |agency=Associated Press |date=October 31, 1961 |page=2 |access-date=December 10, 2015 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}