| Edward Donahue | |
| Birth Date: | 5 February 1891 |
| Birth Place: | Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1914 |
| Player Team2: | Washington and Lee |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | c. 1915 |
| Player Team4: | Washington and Lee |
| Player Years5: | 1924 |
| Player Team5: | Dover Senators |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback (football) Catcher (baseball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1915–1916 |
| Coach Team2: | Washington and Lee (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1917–1920 |
| Coach Team3: | Clemson |
| Coach Years4: | 1931 |
| Coach Team4: | Western Reserve (backfield) |
| Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
| Coach Years6: | 1916–1917 |
| Coach Team6: | Washington and Lee |
| Coach Years7: | 1917–1919 |
| Coach Team7: | Clemson |
| Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
| Coach Years9: | 1918–1919 |
| Coach Team9: | Clemson |
| Coach Years10: | 1923–1926 |
| Coach Team10: | Dover Senators |
| Coach Years11: | 1927 |
| Coach Team11: | Easton Farmers |
| Coach Years12: | 1928 |
| Coach Team12: | Martinsburg Blue Sox |
| Coach Years13: | 1928 |
| Coach Team13: | Cambridge Canners |
| Coach Years14: | 1937 |
| Coach Team14: | Dover Orioles |
| Coach Years15: | 1938 |
| Coach Team15: | Greenville Spinners |
| Coach Years16: | 1940 |
| Coach Team16: | Hollywood Chiefs |
| Admin Years1: | 1917–1920 |
| Admin Team1: | Clemson |
| Overall Record: | 21–12–3 (college football) 19–3 (college basketball) 17–21–1 (college baseball) |
Edward Ambrose "Jiggs" Donahue[1] (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 basketball and 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.[2]
Donahue attended 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.[3] Donahue died on October 29, 1961, in Boston, at the age of 70.[4]