Bill Dooley (born 1934 in
Mobile, Alabama) was a head
football coach, most notably of the
University of North Carolina Tar Heels from 1967 to 1977. He won three
Atlantic Coast Conference titles, all at North Carolina, and coached his teams to nine bowl games total. He is tied for second in most total wins at North Carolina and first in most seasons at the school. He also achieved the school's first 11-1 season in 1972, which has only been accomplished twice at the school since. After his tenure at UNC, Dooley served as the head coach at
Virginia Tech, where he is currently second in both total wins and winning percentage.</p>
Finally, he served as the
head coach at
Wake Forest University where, as of November 2006, he is third in the school's history for all-time wins and tied for third in longest tenure.</p>Bill Dooley was born in 1934, in
Mobile, Alabama. In that city, he attended the McGill Institute, administered by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart. He attended
Mississippi State University and graduated from there in 1956. His brother is former
University of Georgia head football coach
Vince Dooley. Today he lives in Wilmington, NC. He is married to Marie Dooley, and he has four sons: Jim, Billy, Sean and Ashton.
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