COACH

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 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. Donovan was born and raised in Rockville Centre on Long Island, New York, where he played basketball at St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Donovan has received more than 3,327,817 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Billy Donovan is the 429th most popular coach (down from 333rd in 2019), the 16,397th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,531st in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Coach.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COACHES

Among coaches, Billy Donovan ranks 429 out of 471. Before him are André Schubert, Julio Velázquez, Dave Brailsford, Iñigo Idiakez, Daniele Conti, and Colin Clarke. After him are Viktor Goncharenko, Yang Pu, Corneliu Papură, Frank Klopas, Juan Ramón López Muñiz, and John Herdman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Billy Donovan ranks 839. Before him are Michelle Stafford, Shaban Trstena, Bertalan Hajtós, Dan Jansen, Seema Biswas, and Peter MacKay. After him are Zhang Xin, Håkon Wium Lie, Lilies Handayani, Patty Fendick, Atul Gawande, and Cecilia Wikström.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billy Donovan ranks 16,397 out of 20,380. Before him are Ivan Ilić (1978), Rick Gomez (1972), Richard M. Linnehan (1957), Rachel Platten (1981), Gertrude Short (1902), and Jay Grdina (1967). After him are Robbie Lawler (1982), Linda Fratianne (1960), Megalyn Echikunwoke (1983), Judah Friedlander (1969), Phil Ford (1956), and Heath Slater (1983).

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Among COACHES In United States

Among coaches born in United States, Billy Donovan ranks 11. Before him are Bill Belichick (1952), Bob Knight (1940), Bob Bradley (1958), Flip Saunders (1955), Michael Malone (1971), and Steve Sampson (1957). After him are Quin Snyder (1966), Roy Lassiter (1969), Fred Hoiberg (1972), and Shannon MacMillan (1974).

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