Northeastern University Athletics | Men's Track & Field Coaches

Joe Donahue
Assistant Coach
First season at NU: 1963-64
Alma mater: Northeastern '63

Joe Donahue is in his 40th season of coaching at Northeastern and his fifth under head coach Sherman Hart. Donahue was the throwing coach at NU from 1963-99, making it the top throwing school in New England and one of the best in the East, and rejoined the NU staff for the 2004-05 season. Donahue is recognized as one of the top technical coaches in the United States and has spoken at various track & field conferences.

The Huskies' throwing corps has always been very strong and Donahue's teachings over the past four seasons have continued the tradition. He coached Zara Northover, who set NU and ECAC records of 55'0.75 and placed 10th at the NCAA Championship in 2007, her fifth and final appearance at the national championship. Northover then went on to compete for Jamaica in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

On the men's side, Nate Hunter returns after redshirting the 2007-08 season and looks to be one of the elite throwers in the region. He was CAA champ in both the shot put and discus his freshman and sophomore years. Bamidele Faboyede returns for his senior year after winning the hammer at the CAA Championship in 2007. They will have to replace departed senior Ed Reardon, who came to NU as a walk-on and capped off his senior year as CAA champ in the discus. Donahue also coached Derek Anderson, who set NU records in the shot put (65'2.75) and discus (197'3) and earned All-America honors in the shot put in 2006.

From 1964-99 when Donahue was coaching at NU, Husky throwers won 42 New England titles and 12 IC4A titles and were named All-American several times. Boris Djerassi, who won the NCAA hammer title in 1975, is the only NCAA champ in any sport at Northeastern. Several of Donahue's athletes have been inducted to the NU Hall of Fame, including Djerassi and three-time All-American Bill Johnston.

As an athlete, Donahue set several NU throwing records, all of which were broken by athletes he coached. Donahue was inducted to the NU Hall of Fame in 1993.



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