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Derek Dooley's Hair, His Mom and Belatedly Winning the Press Conference

By Clay TravisJun 3rd 2010 – 11:32AM

SANDESTIN, Fla -- In the six months that he's been on the job as Tennessee's head coach, Derek Dooley has adopted the Gene Chizik and Dan Mullen game plan for new SEC coaches: Put your head down and don't look up until fall nears. He said that's not a choice made by design, but rather one that better reflects his own...

Derek Dooley Follows in Father Vince's Footsteps, Including Winning

By Jim HenrySep 4th 2009 – 2:00PM

Derek Dooley thought he was happy practicing law at a private firm in Atlanta in the mid-1990s. Despite his football bloodlines -- he is the son of legendary Georgia head coach Vince Dooley -- Dooley believed his calling was the courtroom and not on the sidelines. He was wrong. "Football has been a part of my life, but I...

Vince Dooley Has Tumor Removed

By Brian GrummellMay 24th 2007 – 2:46AM

Legendary former Georgia coach and athletic director Vince Dooley is recovering from surgery to remove a tumor near his vocal cords. At the moment that's about all we know as the wire story is bare bones. Spartan. Laconic.I know they're just words but his wife seems to be in surprisingly good spirits. Maybe it has to do...

07 Issues: Passing of an Important Generation

By Brian GrummellFeb 19th 2007 – 11:50PM

Arkansas Athletic Director Frank Broyles is expected to step down this week. His departure is yet another symbol of the passing of one of college football's greatest generations, the great coaches who presided over the game from 1960 or so until the mid to late 1970's. Broyles coached the Razorbacks from 1958 to 1976...

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Background on Vince Dooley

Vincent Joseph Dooley (born September 4, 1932) was the head football coach (seasons 1964 through 1988) and athletic director (1979 to 2004) at the University of Georgia.

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