Bill Dooley

Bill Dooley (born 1934) is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1967–1977), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1978–1986), and Wake Forest University (1987–1992), compiling a career college football record of 162–126–5.

Early life and family

Dooley was born in 1934, in Mobile, Alabama. There, he attended the McGill Institute, administered by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart. Dooley then attended Perkinston Junior College in Perkinston, Mississippi from 1952 to 1953. In 1953, he moved on to Mississippi State University and graduated in 1956, where he was an all-SEC lineman for the Maroons/Bulldogs. Dooley's brother is former University of Georgia head football coach Vince Dooley. His nephew, Derek Dooley is the former head football coach at the University of Tennessee. Today, Dooley lives in Wilmington, North Carolina. He is married to Marie Dooley, and has four sons: Jim, Billy, Sean, and Ashton.

Bill Dooley (basketball)

Bill Dooley (born April 1, 1960) is the former head men's basketball coach at the University of Richmond from 1993 through 1997. Prior to taking the helm of the Spiders basketball program, he served as assistant coach at Richmond for eight years under Dick Tarrant. Dooley began his collegiate playing career at Catholic University before transferring to the University of Richmond, where he served as team captain for the 1982-83 season. Dooley is currently an assistant coach at the University of Hartford after serving as varsity boy's basketball coach at Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia.

After leaving Richmond, Dooley became head coach at Delaware Valley College in 1998. After going 17-31, Dooley left to become head coach for Ireland's national team. Following this run, Dooley returned to Delaware Valley in 2002 but left midseason the following year.

In 2004, Dooley was hired as an assistant at La Salle by Billy Hahn. However, just three weeks after being hired the school was rocked by a rape scandal involving several players. Dooley was named interim coach while Hahn was placed on administrative leave and ultimately dismissed. Dooley was not retained as an assistant by new head coach John Giannini.

Bill Dooley (disambiguation)

Bill Dooley is former head men's football coach at the University of North Carolina, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest University.

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