Dooley to Tenn

[Flagstaffsooner]

http://www.sportingnews.com/college-football/article/2010-01-15/derek-dooley-reportedly-accepts-tennessee-coaching-job
Louisiana Tech head football (http://www.sportingnews.com/college-football/article/2010-01-15/derek-dooley-reportedly-accepts-tennessee-coaching-job#) coach and athletic director Derek Dooley is close to accepting the head coaching job at Tennessee, multiple news sources are reporting.
Dooley, who just completed his third season with the Bulldogs, met with Tennessee officials on Wednesday and Thursday. Dooley was reportedly recommended to the Volunteers by Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp. Muschamp, who declined the Tennessee job, coached with Dooley at LSU and in the NFL (http://www.sportingnews.com/college-football/article/2010-01-15/derek-dooley-reportedly-accepts-tennessee-coaching-job#) with the Miami Dolphins.
Dooley was 17-20 at Tech, but went 8-5 and won the Independence Bowlhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif (http://www.sportingnews.com/college-football/article/2010-01-15/derek-dooley-reportedly-accepts-tennessee-coaching-job#) this season. He's the son of former Georgia coach Vince Dooley.
The hire would bring an end to a tumultous coaching search in which Tennessee was rejected by Muschamp, TCU's Gary Patterson, Utah's Kyle Whittingham, Air Force's Troy Calhounhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif (http://www.sportingnews.com/college-football/article/2010-01-15/derek-dooley-reportedly-accepts-tennessee-coaching-job#), former NFL coach John Gruden, and most recently, Duke's David Cutcliffe after the position was opened by the departure of Lane Kiffin to USC on Tuesday.

I was beginning to feel sorry for the Vols.

[JLEW1818]

interesting

[BoomerSooner88]

Who the **** is Dooley? lol thats odd...

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Wonder why all those coaches don't want to recruit against Saban and Meyer? haha.

[Blues1]

Though Not that well Known -- I think they got a Winner --jmho...!
Louisiana Tech played some Major College's pretty damn good (time will tell)

[yermom]

he's the AD at La Tech too?

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I just heard the state of Tennessee collectively go WTF?

[badger]

I'll admit - I had to google Dooley. When you have to google somebody mentioned in coaching searches, it's not a good sign.

But really, Tennessee is running out of options before they end up with their own version of Bill "Throat Slash" Callydewshebag. Of course, Nebraska put themselves in that situation, unlike Rocky Top :D

[silverwheels]

I'll admit - I had to google Dooley. When you have to google somebody mentioned in coaching searches, it's not a good sign.

But really, Tennessee is running out of options before they end up with their own version of Bill "Throat Slash" Callydewshebag. Of course, Nebraska put themselves in that situation, unlike Rocky Top :D

Lane Kiffin was their Bill Callahan.

[JLEW1818]

on the bottom of ESPN, it just said that Kevin Sumlin is still in the mix

[primetime43]

Being an alum from Tech this sucks. He was finally making us matter again at the mid major level. He pumped a lot of money in Tech athletics. I hate to see where we'll be when he leaves. But it does make sense for the Vols. He has SEC blood and is a Saban disiciple. All because of Lane Kiffin.

[JLEW1818]

i played baseball with Ross Jenkins back in the day.. man that kid got tall

[primetime43]

he's the AD at La Tech too?

yes he is the AD. I believe the only AD/football coach in America.

[BoomerJ]

I just heard the state of Tennessee collectively go WTF?

If I had a drink in my mouth, I would be buying a new laptop. That's funny.

[stoopified]

If I had a drink in my mouth, I would be buying a new laptop. That's funny.I heard it too.I think even Gundy would have been a better hire.

[badger]

Lane Kiffin was their Bill Callahan.

hahaha... cept Kiffie kins was funny. Bill was just annoying.

[OUstud]

I dunno...I thought Callahan's line before he was let go was funny: "I have done an excellent job in every area."

[Mad Dog Madsen]

Though Not that well Known -- I think they got a Winner --jmho...!
Louisiana Tech played some Major College's pretty damn good (time will tell)

Not a good hire! 17-20 overall record while @ Tech. Can't wait to see what he does with the Vols! :D

[Jello Biafra]

i played baseball with Ross Jenkins back in the day.. man that kid got tall

i stood next to Jim Ross one time. man he's short..

[Flagstaffsooner]

Though Not that well Known -- I think they got a Winner --jmho...!
Louisiana Tech played some Major College's pretty damn good (time will tell)You are right. He's an up and comming guy w/ good SEC connections. Not the best, but hell, they had to do something.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

i stood next to Jim Ross one time. man he's short..

I talked to him at a spring game a couple of years ago for a long time....I asked him he knew kamala?

[Flagstaffsooner]

Who the **** is Dooley? lol thats odd...
Hey noob, I remember saying, "Who the **** is Bob Stoops.":D

[goingoneight]

Difference was anyone who watched ESPN/ABC knew exactly who Stoops was in 1997/8ish.

[badger]

I agree that they had to do something and every program in Louisiana is eff'd when it comes to recruiting and winning so long as LSU is in the S-E-C! S-E-C! so it's a good move for the coach. 100k stadium, entire state to recruit from without another major Div. 1 program (Memphis and Vandy suck!), school song with a lot cymbal crashing, etc.

As for Tennessee itself, time to get out the bags over the heads again.

[Husker In Oklahoma]

Lane Kiffin was their Bill Callahan.
Not even close. Kiffin is a "jewel" compared to Clownenbergerhan. Tennessee was pretty competetive this year for the most part. I just wonder why no one wants that job?? They have everything you need there to be succesful. Hell, you can win against Bama and Florida. They aren't the end all!!

[delhalew]

[vol country] crickets chirping [vol country]

[Leroy Lizard]

They have pics now of Dooley's wife up on VolNation. Not bad, but I think the Vols got screwed on this one. Perhaps that is the real reason for the riots.

[Frozen Sooner]

Meanwhile, a loud whirring noise was reported from an Athens cemetery...

[kelloggOUballa]

Huge hire for Tennessee. He may not have had a great record at La. Tech, but he had the program on the right track.

[StoopTroup]

Lane Kiffin=interim coach/tennessee and suc

[Sabanball]

Another big gamble and self-preservation going on here by Mike Hamilton, if you ask me--that has either the potential for a big time payout in several years or a huge crash and burn ending. Even though Derek is a Nick Saban disciple, that does not camouflage his losing record. Mike was in a tough spot--he was working to a self-imposed deadline on the hire and he really had no choice with Cut refusing to budge on his demands that he bring his own staff--not to mention that if David had taken the job, Hamilton probably would have been fired and Phil Fulmer would have been brought in as his replacement. Also, Derek will not be a puppet of the trustees and/or Philip Fulmer.

He was probably not the best available that would take the job, but I really think Derek has a lot of potential and deserves a shot at a big time program.

[SoonerKnight]

4-8 in 2009 and 8-5 in 2008! Supposed to get better not worse!

[Frozen Sooner]

4-8 in 2009 and 8-5 in 2008! Supposed to get better not worse!

FIRE BOB STOOPS!!

[olevetonahill]

Am I the only one who Thot TOM ??????
Am I the oldest here ? :eek:
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[olevetonahill]

Flag, Really My 1st thot was of that song :D

[Flagstaffsooner]

You would.
If Dooley sticks around we will find out about him in 2014(Norman) and 2015(Knoxville).

[olevetonahill]

Course If Sheriff Grayson gets Him 1st he wont Make it there :cool: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

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[misplacedsooner]

wow, they passed on howard schellenberger??

[silverwheels]

Not even close. Kiffin is a "jewel" compared to Clownenbergerhan. Tennessee was pretty competetive this year for the most part. I just wonder why no one wants that job?? They have everything you need there to be succesful. Hell, you can win against Bama and Florida. They aren't the end all!!

I know you hate Callahan and rightfully so, but from what I've seen not a whole lot separates the two besides age. Tennessee was "competitive" because they had an incredible staff. Kiffin is an idiot just like Callahan.

[Collier11]

A top 15 program (supposedly) gets turned down by 5 coaches in less than a week, then has to hire a guy who was 17-20 at La Tech. Smells of desperation

[My Opinion Matters]

He'll be their version of Mike Shula.

[ashley]

I am betting it will be a good hire.

[Sabanball]

I am betting it will be a good hire.

Don't let his country twang/southern drawl accent deceive you.

If DD was a stock, I'd be backing up the truck and packing it to the roof with it. I think he's got a lot of upside and he's smart enough to surround himself with the right people. He emulates Nick Saban in so many ways it's not even funny--now there's a man with a business model worthy of imitation.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

is he a great coach/ ****ty person also?





jk, by the way...

[Scott D]

To be fair in regards to Dooley, his record at La Tech isn't any indication of how good a coach he may or may not be. La Tech football is essentially a Division 3 program surviving in D-1A by being a bottom feeder in a bottom feeder conference (WAC).