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Posted on 10/20/22 at 10:50 am to BigBlue8Titles
Posted on 10/20/22 at 10:50 am to BigBlue8Titles
Dooley retired from coaching at the age of 56. He had 201 career wins at that time. He could've easily challenged for 300 or 350+ had he coached as long as others (Bowden, Paterno, Saban, etc).
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Posted on 10/20/22 at 10:52 am to Tornado Alley
Saw Vince and Gene Stallings at an event honoring Pat Dye in September. Those two guys are about the only ones left from that wonderful generation.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 11:50 am to Tornado Alley
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Dooley retired from coaching at the age of 56. He had 201 career wins at that time. He could've easily challenged for 300 or 350+ had he coached as long as others (Bowden, Paterno, Saban, etc).
He initially retired as both coach and AD with the intention of running for governor, but when he learned that opposition research was a thing in politics, he asked to stay on as AD.
He averaged 8-wins per season. He retired two years ahead of Spurrier taking over at Florida. Maybe he would have kept up the 8-win pace, but it might have fallen off.
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