Bill Dooley

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Bill Dooley

Biographical details
Born	1934 Mobile, Alabama
Died	August 9, 2016 (aged 82) Wilmington, North Carolina
Playing career
1953–1955	Mississippi State
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1957–1960	Mississippi State (freshmen, asst. OL)
1963	Mississippi State (OL)
1964–1966	Georgia (assistant)
1967–1977	North Carolina
1978–1986	Virginia Tech
1987–1992	Wake Forest
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1978–1986	Virginia Tech
Head coaching record
Overall	162–126–5
Bowls	3–7
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 ACC (1971–1972, 1977)
Awards
3x ACC Coach of the Year (1971, 1987, 1992)

Bill Dooley (1934 – August 9, 2016) was an 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, and the two went against each other's teams in the 1971 Gator Bowl. His nephew, Derek Dooley is the former head football coach at the University of Tennessee. In 1962 he married Christine Paolucci and had two sons, Jim and Bill; with his second wife, Marie Nance, he also had two sons, Sean and Ashton. Dooley lived in wilmington, North Carolina.

Coaching career

With the North Carolina Tar Heels, Dooley won three Atlantic Coast Conference titles, including the school's first outright conference championship in 1971. 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. He also achieved the school's first 11-win season in 1972. Only two other Tar Heel teams have ever won 11 games.

After his tenure at North Carolina, Dooley served as the athletic director and head football coach at Virginia Tech. He led the Hokies to three bowl games—as many as they had attended in their entire history prior to his arrival. His best team was the 1986 unit, which went 9–2–1 and won the Peach Bowl.

His tenure at Virginia Tech, however, ended shortly afterward amidst allegations of NCAA recruiting violations. After resigning from his positions at Virginia Tech, 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, 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.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
North Carolina Tar Heels (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1967–1977)
1967	North Carolina	2–8	2–5	7th
1968	North Carolina	3–7	1–6	8th
1969	North Carolina	5–5	3–3	T–3rd
1970	North Carolina	8–4	5–2	T–2nd	L Peach
1971	North Carolina	9–3	6–0	1st	L Gator	18
1972	North Carolina	11–1	6–0	1st	W Sun	14	12
1973	North Carolina	4–7	1–5	6th
1974	North Carolina	7–5	4–2	T–2nd	L Sun
1975	North Carolina	3–7–1	1–4–1	6th
1976	North Carolina	9–3	4–1	2nd	L Peach
1977	North Carolina	8–3–1	5–0–1	1st	L Liberty	14	17
North Carolina:		69–53–2	38–28–2
Virginia Tech Gobblers / Hokies (NCAA Division I-A Independent) (1978–1986)
1978	Virginia Tech	4–7
1979	Virginia Tech	5–6
1980	Virginia Tech	8–4			L Peach
1981	Virginia Tech	7–4
1982	Virginia Tech	7–4
1983	Virginia Tech	9–2
1984	Virginia Tech	8–4			L Independence
1985	Virginia Tech	6–5
1986	Virginia Tech	9–2–1			W Peach		20
Virginia Tech:		63–38–1
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1987–1992)
1987	Wake Forest	7–4	4–3	T–3rd
1988	Wake Forest	6–4–1	4–3	T–4th
1989	Wake Forest	2–8–1	1–6	7th
1990	Wake Forest	3–8	0–7	8th
1991	Wake Forest	3–8	1–6	T–7th
1992	Wake Forest	8–4	4–4	T–4th	W Independence	25	25
Wake Forest:		29–36–2	14–29
Total:		162–126–5
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll.

External links

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• Obituary from Virginia Tech
• Obituary from UNC