Early life and playing

Donahue attended St. Charles Borromeo Elementary School in North Hollywood, California and graduated from Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks. He then played at UCLA as a 195-pound defensive tackle on the 1966 Rose Bowl-winning team.

Coaching career

After graduating, Donahue became an assistant coach at the University of Kansas under Pepper Rodgers. In 1971, he returned to UCLA when Rodgers became the head coach there. When Rodgers left, remained as an assistant under Dick Vermeil before succeeding Vermeil as the head coach in 1976.

Donahue has the most conference wins of any coach in Pacific-10 Conference history (98) and also the most wins in UCLA Bruins football history (151). He compiled a record of 8-4-1 in bowl games and was the first coach to win a bowl game in seven consecutive seasons. His UCLA teams won or shared five Pacific-10 Conference championships and won three Rose Bowls (1983, 1984, and 1986). Donahue's record was 10-9-1 against USC in the UCLA-USC rivalry. His teams won four New Year's Day bowl games in a row from 1983 to 1986. Donahue was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.

In 1998, Donahue was offered an opportunity to coach the Dallas Cowboys. He would have re-united with former UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman. Donahue turned down Cowboys owner Jerry Jones at the final minute.

Broadcasting and executive career

Donahue was the lead college football analyst for CBS Sports from 1996 to 1998.

Donahue was the hand-picked successor to Bill Walsh as general manager of the San Francisco 49ers (2001-2005). During his first two years in San Francisco, Donahue served as Director of Player Personnel under Walsh. When Walsh retired in 2001, Donahue was elevated to the position of General Manager which he held for four seasons.

In 2006, Donahue became a game analyst for the NFL on Fox and has worked on their Bowl Championship Series coverage as well. He currently serves as an analyst on College Football Now on NFL Network. He is also an analyst for Dial Global.

Awards and honors

• Rose Bowl Hall of Fame (1997)
• College Football Hall of Fame (2000)
• UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame (2001)
• Sun Bowl Hall of Fame (2005)
• UCLA Alumnus of the Year (2008)
• November 17, 2012 - The Rose Bowl press box will be known as the Terry Donahue Pavilion in the fall, 2013
• October 12, 2013 - The Terry Donahue Pavilion is officially dedicated

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
UCLA Bruins (Pacific-8/Pacific-10 Conference)
1976	UCLA	9-2-1	6-1	2nd	L Liberty	15	15
1977	UCLA	7-4	5-2	T-2nd
1978	UCLA	8-3-1	6-2	2nd	T Fiesta	14	12
1979	UCLA	5-6	3-4	7th
1980	UCLA	9-2	5-2	2nd		13	14
1981	UCLA	7-4-1	5-2-1	T-4th	L Bluebonnet
1982	UCLA	10-1-1	5-1-1	1st	W Rose	5	5
1983	UCLA	7-4-1	6-1-1	1st	W Rose	17	13
1984	UCLA	9-3	5-2	T-3rd	W Fiesta	9	10
1985	UCLA	9-2-1	6-2	1st	W Rose	7	6
1986	UCLA	8-3-1	5-2-1	T-2nd	W Freedom	14	14
1987	UCLA	10-2	7-1	T-1st	W Aloha	9	11
1988	UCLA	10-2	6-2	2nd	W Cotton	6	6
1989	UCLA	3-7-1	2-5-1	9th
1990	UCLA	5-6	4-4	T-6th
1991	UCLA	9-3	6-2	T-2nd	W John Hancock	19	18
1992	UCLA	6-5	3-5	8th
1993	UCLA	8-4	6-1	T-1st	L Rose	18	17
1994	UCLA	5-6	3-5	T-5th
1995	UCLA	7-5	4-4	T-5th	L Aloha
UCLA:		151-74-8	98-50-5
Total:		151-74-8

[ Source: Wikipedia ]