Background
He is the son of Bob Donewald, Senior, a retired American college basketball head coach.
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He is the son of Bob Donewald, Senior, a retired American college basketball head coach.
Western Michigan University.
He was an National Basketball Association assistant with the New Orleans Hornets and Cleveland Cavaliers from 2001 to 2004, and an American Bar Association (American Basketball Association) head coach from 2004-2005. Prior to his time with the Hornets, Donewald spent five years as a head coach and general manager in the British Basketball League (BBL), leading his teams to the finals of the championship series on three occasions. He started his time in England as the head coach and general manager of the Leicester Riders (1996-1998).
Previously known as perennial losers, Donewald was able to take the franchise to finals of the National Cup in 1998.
The next season (1998-1999), he became head coach of the Derby Storm and coached the team to the finals of the uni-ball Trophy. After taking the reins for the Greater London Leopards in 1999-2000, Donewald led the Leopards to a 24-10 record and the finals of the National Cup during the 2000-2001 season.
Donewald began his coaching career as a student assistant coach at Western Michigan from 1989-1993. He also has experience as an assistant coach at Morehead State from 1994-1996.
In 2009, after Yao Ming took control of the Shanghai Sharks, a Chinese Basketball Association team, he chose Donewald as the coach of the team
And in the following 2009-2010 season, the team ranked 4th in the league and entered Playoffs for the first time since 2006-2007 season. At last, they lost to Guangdong Southern Tigers in the Semifinal. But Donewald was great appraised in China for his coaching.
As a result of the good performance of Shanghai Sharks in this season, Donewald was chosen as the coach of Chinese National Basketball Team to replace his predecessor Guo Shiqiang on April 30, 2010, and thus left Shanghai Sharks.
He became the third coach of the team who is not a Chinese after Delegate Harris and Jonas Kazlauskas. After he became the coach of the Chinese National Team, China got expected results in the world, and continued its dominance in Asia.
On June 29, 2011, Donewald became the coach of Xinjiang Flying Tigers, another Chinese Basketball Association team, besides his role in the Chinese National Team. But he was fired on December 19 this year, because of his conflict with the manager of the team