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George McDonald
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Born	May 10, 1976 (age 48)
Alma mater	Illinois
Playing career
Position(s)	Wide Receiver

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George McDonald (born May 10, 1976 in Fort Wayne, Indiana), (also known as George McDonald-Ashord) is an American football coach. He was most recently the offensive coordinator for the Syracuse University football team before being relieved of duties October 6th^[1].

Previously, he served as an assistant coach at Arkansas, Miami, Minnesota, Western Michigan, Stanford, Northern Illinois, Ball State, and with the Cleveland Browns of the NFL.

McDonald is well-regarded for his ability to recruit South Florida and his native California.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Family

McDonald, the son of Juanita McDonald and George Ashford, used the hyphenated name of McDonald-Ashford during his playing career. His brother, Brian McDonald-Ashord, played running back for 2 seasons at BYU before a knee injury ended his career.^[7]

Playing career

McDonald attended Buena Park High School in Buena Park, California. He played both quarterback and running back in high school while also competing in sprints on the track team. He was named the Freeway League's conference Player of the Year as a senior in 1993.

McDonald attended the University of Illinois, where he was a four-year letterman in football as a wide receiver and kickoff returner under head coaches Lou Tepper and Ron Turner.^[8] He completed his Illinois football career with 57 receptions for 589 yards and 4 touchdowns, and returned 57 kickoffs for 1,276 yards (22.4 avg).

McDonald also ran track his freshman and senior years, earning All-Big Ten honors his senior year,^[8] and set an Illinois record with a time of 6.75 in the 60 metres.^[9] McDonald earned his bachelors degree in Health Administration and Planning from Illinois in 1999.^[10]

Coaching career

McDonald began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Bucknell University, Ball State University, Northern Illinois University, and Stanford University from.^[8]

When Stanford's offensive coordinator Bill Cubit was hired as the head coach at Western Michigan Universityin 2005, he took McDonald with him. McDonald served as WMU's offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach from 2005-2006, and helped turn around a Broncos offense that was poorly ranked before his arrival. McDonald notably recruited WMU standouts Louis Delmas and E.J. Biggers, both from North Miami Beach High School in North Miami Beach, Florida.^[11]

McDonald departed WMU to coach wide receivers coach at the University of Minnesota in 2007, stating that it was in the best interest of his career to work at a BCS university.^[12] He served as an assistant under head coach Tim Brewster for the 2007 and 2008 seasons.

On February 11, 2009, the Cleveland Browns hired McDonald as offensive quality control coach under new head coach Eric Mangini.^[13] On May 8, 2009, the Cleveland Browns promoted McDonald from offensive quality control coach to wide receivers coach.

McDonald was hired by the University of Miami as the wide receivers coach under head coach Al Golden on January 11, 2011.^[14] The next season, McDonald picked up the additional title of passing game coordinator.

December 19, 2012, McDonald was named the receivers coach at Arkansas under new head Bret Bielema. However, McDonald resigned from Arkansas when the position of offensive coordinator opened at Syracuse.^[15] On January 15th, 2013, was officially named offensive coordinator under new head coach Scott Shafer. Shafer and McDonald had previously served on the same coaching staffs at Western Michigan and Northern Illinois.^[16]

McDonald has also served as an NFL coaching intern during training camps with the New York Jets (2004, 2006), Chicago Bears (2005) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2007).

References

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[1] ttp://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11652816/terrel-hunt-syracuse-orange-fractured-fibula-play-vs-fsu

[2] ttp://www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/index.ssf/2013/08/on_the_rise_george_mcdonalds_c.html

[3] ttp://arkansasnews.com/blog/robbies-hog-blog/mcdonald-added-arkansas-staff-receivers-coach.html-0

[4] ttp://cuse.com/news/2013/1/17/Comp_0117135033.aspx

[5] ttp://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2012/dec/19/arkansas-hires-mcdonald-coach-receivers/

[6] ttp://www.nunesmagician.com/syracuse-football/2013/1/15/3879934/george-mcdonald-syracuse-football-recruiting-offensive-coordinator

[7] ttp://byucougars.com/m-football/brian-mcdonald-ashford-one-shoe-and-one-shoe

[George_McDonald_bio-8] "George McDonald bio". University of Minnesota. Retrieved 20 February 2009.

[9] ttp://www.news-gazette.com/sports/illini-sports/track-and-field/1999-02-19/ui-senior-blur-track.html

[10] ttp://www.hurricanesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205558766

[11] ttp://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.ssf/2011/01/links_former_wmu_football_coac.html

[12] ttp://www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/index.ssf/2013/12/george_mcdonald_spent_2_years.html

[13] Jackson, Zac (11 February 2009). "Browns hire McDonald". Retrieved 19 February 2009. ^{[dead link]}

[14] ttp://espn.go.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/21028/miami-hires-receivers-coach

[15] ttp://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/a-month-in-george-mcdonald-officially-leaves-arkansas-for-syracuse/

[16] ttp://cuse.com/news/2013/1/17/Comp_0117135033.aspx

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-'''George McDonald''' (born May 10, 1976 in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]]), (also known as '''George McDonald-Ashord''') is an [[American football]] coach.  He is currently the [[offensive coordinator]] for the [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse University football team]].
+'''George McDonald''' (born May 10, 1976 in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]]), (also known as '''George McDonald-Ashord''') is an [[American football]] coach.  He was most recently the [[offensive coordinator]] for the [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse University football team]] before being relieved of duties October 6th<ref>http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11652816/terrel-hunt-syracuse-orange-fractured-fibula-play-vs-fsu</ref>.
 Previously, he served as an assistant coach at [[Arkansas Razorbacks football|Arkansas]], [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami]], [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]], [[Western Michigan Broncos football|Western Michigan]], [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]], [[Northern Illinois Huskies football|Northern Illinois]], [[Ball State Cardinals football|Ball State]], and with the [[Cleveland Browns]] of the [[National Football League|NFL]].