To find out something about Kelly Donohoe, the coach, all one needs to do is examine his record the past four years at Blue Springs High School. Under Donohoe’s direction, the Wildcats have gone 45-5 with two perfect seasons and a pair of Class 6 state championships. To find out about Kelly Donohoe, the man, spend an afternoon at his fashionable Eastern Jackson County home and watch him interact with his wife Jennifer, his high school sweetheart from Harrisonville, Mo., and his two children, 4-year-old Chase and 8-year-old Taylor. Nothing in the Donohoe household would indicate that the former No. 2 passer in the history of the University of Kansas was a successful football coach. All his trophies and plaques are placed in boxes in a bedroom closet. Walking downstairs, there are a variety of footballs, but all the markings which indicate that Donohoe was a Coach of the Week, are
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