Billy Donovan does just about everything by hand. He takes meticulous notes on film study, jotting down what he sees. His lesson plan for each Thunder practice is written precisely, with pristine penmanship crafted in his Catholic school days on Long Island.
On Monday it was announced that he’ll have something else to write home about – his first full-season award win at the NBA level. The National Basketball Coaches Association honored Donovan and Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer as co-winners of their Michael H. Goldberg NBCA Coach of the Year Award.
“I am honored and humbled to be recognized by the Coaches, they are a great group of people that I admire and respect,” said Donovan in a press release from the NBCA.