Background
Dooley was born in 1934, in Mobile, Alabama.
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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-Securities and Exchange Commission lineman for the Maroons/Bulldogs.
Career
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. Dooley"s brother is former University of Georgia head football coach Vince Dooley. Today, Dooley lives in Wilmington, North Carolina.
He left North Carolina as the winningest coach in school history, since been passed by Dick Crum.
He is still tied for second on the school"s wins list, behind Mack Brown, and is still the school"s longest-tenured head coach. After his tenure at North Carolina, Dooley served as the athletic director and head football coach at Virginia Technology
He led the Hokies to three bowl games--as many as they had attended in their entire history prior to his arrival. His tenure at Virginia Technical, however, ended shortly afterward amidst allegations of National Collegiate Athletic Association recruiting violations.
After resigning from his positions at Virginia Technical, he sued the university for $3,500,000 alleging breach of contract.
The lawsuit was settled out of court. At the time, he was the winningest coach in school history, though he has since been surpassed by his successor, current coach Frank Beamer. Finally, Dooley served as the head coach at Wake Forest where, as of 2015, he is third in the football program"s history for all-time wins and tied for fourth in longest tenure.
Achievements
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With the North Carolina Tar Heels, Dooley won three Atlantic Coast Conference titles, including the school"s first outright conference championship in 1971. He also achieved the school"s first 11-win season in 1972. Only two other Tar Heel teams have ever won 11 games. His best team was the 1986 unit, which went 10–1–1 and won the Peach Bowl.
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