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 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.

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.

The John R. Rockwell Head Men’s Basketball Coach at the University of Pennsylvania, Steve Donahue, will not return next season, it was announced today by Alanna Wren, the T. Gibbs Kane, Jr. W’69 Director of Athletics and Recreation.

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.

After coaching the Penn Quakers men's basketball team for nine seasons, Penn officials said Monday that Steve Donahue will not return next season.

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.

Pennsylvania has fired coach Steve Donahue after nine seasons, the school announced Monday. The Quakers finished 8-19 this season, the worst campaign under Donahue, who finishes 131-130 in nine season

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,