Personal Information
Born: January 7, 1967 (Delaware County, PA)
Resides: Bradenton, Florida
Marital Status: Married
Children: Four
High School: Cardinal O'Hara (Springfield, PA)
College: Villanova University '89
Professional Information
Number of Seasons as NBA Referee: 13 (1994-2007)
Regular Season Games Officiated: 772
Playoff Games Officiated: 20
Number of Seasons as CBA Referee: 7
Number of Seasons as High School Referee: 5
Miscellaneous Information
- Resigned from his NBA refereeing duties on July 9, 2007.
- Son of Jerry Donaghy, a former college basketball referee who worked numerous NCAA tournaments.
- Nephew of former NBA referee Bill Oakes.
- Involved in the Rasheed Wallace incident where Wallace (then with the Portland Trail Blazers) went after Donaghy screaming obscenties and allegedly threatening Donaghy at the Rose Garden Arena loading dock because of a technical foul assessed by Donaghy towards Wallace, who was suspended for seven games because of the incident.
- One of three referees that officiated the Malice at the Palace game between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons that ended in a riot between Pacers players and Pistons fans (November 19, 2004).
- Former West Chester, Pennsylvania neighbors alleged that he harassed them by shouting obscenities at them during a round of golf, driving their golf cart into a ravine, and setting their tractor on fire.