BREAKING Longtime Georgia football coach Vince Dooley, an Alabama native who played quarterback at Auburn, has died at the age of 90. alnews georgiabulldogs auburntigers alabamanewsnetwork
FILE -Former head Georgia football coach and athletic director Vince Dooley and his wife Barbara react during a ceremony to name the field at Sanford Stadium in his honor before an NCAA college football game against the Murray State Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, in Athens, Ga. Longtime Georgia football coach Vince Dooley has died at the age of 90. The university says Dooley died peacefully at his Athens home on Friday in the presence of his wife and their four children.
Dooley guided Georgia through a quarter-century of success that included a national championship during the 1980 season. Dooley had a career record of 201-77-10 while coaching the Bulldogs from 1964 to 1988. He won six Southeastern Conference titles and remains the fourth-winningest coach in SEC history.