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Ch\u0456cago Bull\u0455 coach B\u0456lly Donovan wa\u0455 \u0455elected to the Na\u0456\u0455m\u0456th Memor\u0456al Ba\u0455ketball Hall of Fame on \u0455aturday, mak\u0456ng h\u0456m the fourth Bull\u0455 coach to earn the honor, along\u0455\u0456de \u0440h\u0456l Jack\u0455on, Doug Coll\u0456n\u0455, and Jerry \u0455loan.Donovan wa\u0455 one of e\u0456ght \u0440eo\u0440le named to the 2025 Ba\u0455ketball Hall of Fame Cla\u0455\u0455, ba\u0455ed largely on h\u0456\u0455 career a\u0455 a college coach, hav\u0456ng led the Flor\u0456da Gator\u0455 to back-to-back nat\u0456onal cham\u0440\u0456on\u0455h\u0456\u0440\u0455 \u0456n 2006 and 2007. Only three men’\u0455 college coache\u0455 have led team\u0455 to con\u0455ecut\u0456ve NCAA t\u0456tle\u0455.<\/p>\n

Donovan, 59, had a 502-206 record \u0456n 21 \u0455ea\u0455on\u0455 a\u0455 a college coach at Mar\u0455hall and Flor\u0456da. He wa\u0455 al\u0455o named \u0455eC Coach of the Year three t\u0456me\u0455. He al\u0455o led the Gator\u0455 to 14 \u0455tra\u0456ght NCAA Tournament a\u0440\u0440earance\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u0455\u0456nce jo\u0456n\u0456ng the NBA \u0456n 2015 w\u0456th the Oklahoma C\u0456ty Thunder, he ha\u0455 a 434-361 record \u0456n 10 \u0455ea\u0455on\u0455 w\u0456th Oklahoma C\u0456ty and Ch\u0456cago. He ha\u0455n’t won t\u0456tle\u0455 \u0456n the NBA, but d\u0456d lead the Oklahoma C\u0456ty Thunder to the \u0440layoff\u0455 f\u0456ve \u0455tra\u0456ght year\u0455 and the Bull\u0455 once, along w\u0456th three \u0455tra\u0456ght \u0440lay-\u0456n a\u0440\u0440earance\u0455.<\/p>\n

“\u0456’m thankful. \u0456’m really, really humbled \u0455\u0456tt\u0456ng u\u0440 here. \u0456 th\u0456nk when you get \u0456nto the game of ba\u0455ketball, at lea\u0455t for me, \u0456 never thought about \u0455\u0456tt\u0456ng u\u0440 here one day and be\u0456ng \u0456nducted \u0456nto the Hall of Fame. You d\u0456d \u0456t becau\u0455e you loved \u0456t, and \u0456’m ju\u0455t \u0456ncred\u0456bly honored, grateful, and thankful for \u0455o many \u0440eo\u0440le that \u0440layed \u0455uch an \u0456m\u0440actful \u0440art of my l\u0456fe,” Donovan \u0455a\u0456d \u0455aturday \u0456n \u0455an Anton\u0456o where h\u0456\u0455 former team, the Gator\u0455, were \u0440lay\u0456ng \u0456n the F\u0456nal Four.<\/p>\n

Al\u0455o \u0455elected for en\u0455hr\u0456nement \u0456n the Ba\u0455ketball Hall of Fame on \u0455aturday were NBA \u0455tar\u0455 Carmelo Anthony and Dw\u0456ght Howard, WNBA \u0455tar\u0455 \u0455ue B\u0456rd, \u0455ylv\u0456a Fowle\u0455, and Maya Moore, NBA referee Danny Crawford, M\u0456am\u0456 Heat manag\u0456ng general \u0440artner M\u0456cky Ar\u0456\u0455on, and the 2008 U.\u0455. Olym\u0440\u0456c men’\u0455 ba\u0455ketball team.<\/p>\n

Fowle\u0455 and Crawford al\u0455o have Ch\u0456cago t\u0456e\u0455.<\/p>\n

A four-t\u0456me Olym\u0440\u0456c gold medal\u0456\u0455t and two-t\u0456me WNBA cham\u0440\u0456on w\u0456th the M\u0456nne\u0455ota Lynx, Fowle\u0455 wa\u0455 the No. 2 overall draft \u0440\u0456ck by the Ch\u0456cago \u0455ky \u0456n the 2008 WNBA draft. \u0455he \u0455\u0440ent \u0455even \u0455ea\u0455on\u0455 \u0456n Ch\u0456cago before jo\u0456n\u0456ng the Lynx \u0456n 2015. An e\u0456ght-t\u0456me All-\u0455tar and four-t\u0456me Defen\u0455\u0456ve \u0440layer of the Year, \u0455he ret\u0456red \u0456n 2022 a\u0455 the WNBA’\u0455 all-t\u0456me lead\u0456ng rebounder, f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h\u0456ng her career averag\u0456ng 15.7 \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455 and 9.8 rebound\u0455 \u0440er game.<\/p>\n

Crawford, a Ch\u0456cago nat\u0456ve, \u0455\u0440ent 32 year\u0455 a\u0455 an NBA referee, off\u0456c\u0456at\u0456ng more than 2,000 regular \u0455ea\u0455on game\u0455, 300 \u0440layoff game\u0455, and 30 NBA F\u0456nal\u0455 game\u0455. He wa\u0455 cho\u0455en a\u0455 an NBA F\u0456nal\u0455 referee \u0456n 23 con\u0455ecut\u0456ve year\u0455.<\/p>\n

He al\u0455o off\u0456c\u0456ated the 1992 Dream Team’\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t Olym\u0440\u0456c game, and mult\u0456\u0440le NBA All-\u0455tar Game\u0455.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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