Vince Dooley died today

[CWW]

Coach Dooley was 90 years old.

 

[Prestonyte]

Legendary

 

[Dod Rangerfield]

Lost his last contest he coached against the Cocks!

 

[TopHook]

Great coach.

 

[StormCobra]

Coach Dooley was 90 years old.

May The Good LORD Bless and Keep...

 

[Carolina4me]

Quite a legacy - was one of the best at the time he was coaching - Dooley's Dawgs were always ready to go. He for sure when he became the full time AD had a mind of his own and only one way of doing things , his way. RIP Coach Dooley

 

[athenscock3]

Living in Athens since 1968 I was surrounded by information on the Dooleys’. Vince and his colorful wife Barbara were ingrained in daily life. She hosted a talk radio show for a number of years. Coach Dooley knew when to make the necessary changes on his staff and stayed ahead of the curve. He was always a master scheduler knowing just where to put a powder puff on the schedule. He could make the weakest opponent sound like the monsters of the midway. He had access to a tremendous high school talent pool in Georgia. To his credit he was an excellent organizer and judge of what it took to put it all together. I asked him once if he thought it was karma that SOS ended up w Garcia Dooley thought a minute and said every coach needs at least one Garcia.

 

[West Ashley Gamecock]

We had some great games with Georgia when he was their coach. Great coach, he would always blow up his opponent
to make it sound like his Dawgs had no chance.

 

[KingWard]

201-77-10. That says it all. The thing I remember is how his teams found ways to hang around in games when they were being outplayed, but somehow did something near the end to win. He won a lot of games against teams that were more dynamic than his. One of the unquestioned greats. Not only that, he was a fine gentleman.

 

[Forkcock]

R.I.P.

Old school coach.

 

[muscleknight]

From what I understand he helped us get into the SEC

 

[Gaimcock]

From what I understand he helped us get into the SEC

That is 100% correct!! Vince Dooley, as the then UGA-AD, is/was the very reason we were So Fortunate to receive an invite to The SEC!!