Jim Donohue will enter his 4th year coaching at the college level and the 2023 season will be his first with the Peacocks, serving as the Outfield Coach.
He played baseball at Bergen Community College (2013-2014) where he earned All-Conference and All-Region honors and received the NJCAA Rawlings/Gold Glove for his play as a second baseman. After 2 years in Junior College, Donohue earned a scholarship to play Division II baseball at Queens College. Making only four errors his time there and zero as a senior. (2015-2016).
From 2018-2022, Donohue spent most of his early college coaching career in Mississippi where he was a Graduate Assistant for the Owls at the Mississippi University at the W. At the W, he operated the Owls offensive game plans and coached the infielders. Upon completion of his master’s degree in Public Health Education, Donohue entered the Junior College ranks. From 2021-2022, Donohue served as an assistant at East Central Community College in Decatur, Mississippi where he helped with the catchers, outfielders, hitters and recruiting.
Donohue worked as a full time hitting and fielding instructor at Teel’s baseball School and coached Club baseball through the Teel’s organization after his time as a college baseball player. While working at Teel’s, he ran hitting and infield clinics for youth, high school, and college-level players. Donohue also coached High School baseball at Indian Hills in Oakland, New Jersey.
A New Jersey native, Donohue graduated from Ridgefield Park High School where he was the captain of the baseball team and earned 1st team All-Big North and 3rd team All-County as a Middle Infielder.
Donohue is very excited to be back home in New Jersey coaching the Peacocks in the state he grew up in.