Mike Donahue Michael Joseph " Iron Mike " Donahue ( June 14 , 1876 – December 11 , 1960 ) was an American football player , coach of football , basketball , baseball , tennis , track , soccer , and golf , and a college athletics administrator . He served as the head football coach at Auburn University ( 1904 – 1906 , 1908 – 1922 ) , at Louisiana State University ( 1923 – 1927 ) , and at Spring Hill College ( 1934 – ? ) . Donahue also coached basketball ( 1905 – 1921 ) , baseball , track , and soccer ( 1912 – ? ) at Auburn and baseball ( 1925 – 1926 ) and tennis ( 1946 – 1947 ) at LSU . He was inducted as a coach into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 . Donahue Drive in Auburn , Alabama , on which Jordan – Hare Stadium is located and the Tiger Walk takes place , is named in his honor . Playing career . Donahue played quarterback at Yale University , from which he graduated in 1903 . Coaching career . Auburn . Upon graduating college , Donahue became the tenth head coach of the Auburn Tigers football team beginning in 1904 . His coaching career saw immediate success , as his first team went undefeated at 5 – 0 . Donahue ' s Auburn teams won two Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles , in 1913 and 1919 . His 1913 squad has been retroactively recognized as a national champion by the Billingsley Report . Donahue ' s 1913 and 1914 teams went undefeated , with the 1914 squad allowing zero points to be scored all year . From 1913 into 1915 , Auburn went 22 consecutive games without a loss . Donahue ' s 1920 team averaged 36 . 9 points per game . In 18 seasons coaching football at Auburn , Donahue amassed a record of 106 – 35 – 5 and had three squads go undefeated with four more suffering only one loss . His . 743 career winning percentage is the second highest in Auburn history , surpassing notable coaches including John Heisman , Ralph " Shug " Jordan , Pat Dye , Terry Bowden , and Tommy Tuberville . Donahue also served as athletic director , basketball coach , baseball coach , track coach , and soccer coach while at Auburn . In 1905 , Donahue initiated the school ' s first official varsity basketball team , which went 3 – 1 – 1 , including victories over Georgia Tech and Tulane , a two point loss to the Columbus ( Georgia ) All - Stars , and a tie with the Birmingham Athletic Club . Under Donahue , basketball practice was a contact sport ; a former player once lamented , " He never bothered calling fouls - - said it slowed up the game . " In 1912 , he coached Auburn ' s first soccer team . By the beginning of the 1915 season , Auburn was only playing athletic clubs and prep schools and had yet to participate in an intercollegiate match , due to a lack of soccer programs at other Southern colleges . LSU . Donahue went on to become the seventeenth head football coach at LSU in 1923 and had a 23 – 19 – 3 record over five seasons before retiring from coaching after the 1927 season . He also served briefly as the head coach of the LSU Tigers baseball team ( 1925 – 1926 ) , compiling a record of 15 – 15 – 3 , and as the head men ’ s tennis coach at LSU ( 1946 – 1947 ) , tallying a mark of 0 – 7 . In 1934 , Donahue reentered the coaching ranks at Spring Hill College , where he mentored his son , Mike , Jr .