Penn fired men’s basketball coach Steve Donahue on Monday after the Quakers went 8-19 in his ninth season on the job. Athletic director Alanna Wren announced the move 48 hours after the team lost to Princeton in its season finale.

The University of Pennsylvania has fired men's basketball coach Steve Donahue after the Quakers won eight games in 2024-25, the Ivy League school announced Monday. Penn said it will begin a nationwide search for its next head coach.

Penn has fired head men’s basketball coach Steve Donahue, the school announced Monday. Penn went 8-19 this season, 4-10 in the Ivy League. Donahue, 62, went 131-130 in nine seasons at the school after stops at Cornell and Boston College.

Donahue, an assistant coach at Penn from 1990-2000, was first hired as head coach in 2015. During his tenure, the Quakers went a combined131-130 and won an Ivy League title in 2018.

Penn finished the 2024-25 season with an 8-19 overall record and just 4-10 in the Ivy. Overall, Donahue compiled a 131-130 record in nine seasons. He was 63-63 in Ivy League play.

University of Pennsylvania head basketball coach Steve Donahue is out after nine seasons, the school announced Monday. The Quakers, whose season ended with 95-71 loss to Princeton, finished 8-19 overall,

A pair of Ivy League schools are now looking for new head coaches. Both Columbia and Penn parted ways with their respective men's basketball coaches on Monday. Longtime Columbia coach Jim Engles opted to step down after eight seasons with the program,