Edward A. "Jiggs" Donahue (February 5, 1891 – October 29, 1961) was an American football and baseball player, coach of multiple sports, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Clemson University from 1917 to 1920, compiling a record of 21–12–3 (.625). He also served as the school's Clemson Tigers men's basketball, basketball and Clemson Tigers baseball, baseball coach, as well as the track coach. Donahue joined the football coaching staff at Western Reserve University in 1931, serving as the backfield coach under head coach Tom Keady. Donahue attended Somerville High School (Massachusetts), Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts and Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. At Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia he starred in baseball as a catcher. Donahue died on October 29, 1961, in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 70.

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