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The Red and Black, Thursday, May 11, 1972
I ELLEN SCHLOSSER
An
interview with
Coach Dooley
IEditor's note: Guest columnist, hllen Schlosser, probes the
beauty-and-the-beast concept to open lines of
communication with a notoriously laconic Coach Dooley.
Perhaps there is a place for female sports writers.)
“I kind of stumbled into coaching,” said Vince Dooley,
Georgia Bulldog Head Football Coach.
Quite relaxed as he puffed on his pipe, Coach Dooley
said that he was majoring in business administration while
on a football scholarship at Auburn and, at the time, hadn’t
even thought about going into coaching.
“After Auburn I went into the U. S. Marine Corps for
two years and seriously considered staying with the military
as a career. However, I returned to Auburn where I got my
M.A. in political science and history and worked as an
assistant coach for several years.”
Coach Dooley knew he had a decision to make about his
coaching career at Auburn, but at the time he wasn’t about
ready to make it, “there weren’t any immediate offers.”
FINALLY, two offers came in at about the same time.
One was from Arkansas offering him a position as an
assistant coach, and the other was from the University of
Georgia offering him the position as head coach.
“I realized that I was considered pretty young to be a
head coach at Georgia when I first arrived. I was 31 at the
time, but we’ve come a long way since.”
Moving from behind the formality of his desk to a
comfortable sofa across from it, Dooley again assumed the
friendly, polite, but engaging manner he possessed when we
met quite hy accident and chatted over a cup of coffee at
the Georgia Center while he was hosting a football clinic.
CONCERNING living in Athens, Dooley said, "Barbara
(his wife) and I love it.”
Coach Dooley said that his wife is very involved in the
Athens Community. Ms. Dooley is active in the Athens
Junior Assembly, assists at the retardation center and docs
auxiliary work at two Athens hospitals.
“Barbara is just like any mother with four children,"
Coach Dooley said. "She likes to get out of the house once
in a while." Ms. Dooley was also a speech teacher at the
University several years ago.
Barbara and Vince Dooley have two sons and two
daughters. Of his nine-year old son. Coach Dooley
commented, "He has been showing a strong interest in
football for the past two years; however, I’m not
encouraging him to follow in his father's footsteps.” Of his
other children Dooley commented that “they arc only
beginning to perceive what their daddy docs and, for that
matter, even understand what football is.”
A MAN WHO maintains his job by winning and clearly
knows it. Coach Dooley says that "the second most
rewarding aspect of coaching is to sec a player you have
worked with in college do well in the pros or, just as
important, to sec him succeed in any field as a fine citizen.”
Dedicated to a number of causes. Coach Dooley has
served as Statewide Chairman for the Faster Seals Campaign
for the past seven years. “I try to make visits to each of the
Centers at least once a year,” Dooley commented. "I don’t
play golf mainly because I like to think that I don’t have
the time . . but I do enjoy reading books about great
military and political leaders. The last book that 1 read was
'Inside the Third Reich.’ ’’
Noticing the airline ticket on his desk and wanting to
send Coach Dooley off on a pleasant flight, I asked, “Vince,
what do you think ol Raquel Welch as an authority on
quarterbacks?"
"I don’t think she’s tried the rest. Now that she’s
supposedly tried at quarterback, perhaps she’d like to try
some of the other positions before making any snap
judgments,” the former quarterback replied, smiling.
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SKY DIVING TEAM PLANNED
The University of Georgia may have another
sport added to the list, sky diving. According
to Steve Chalfant, plans are under way for
the UGA Sport Parachute Team. The team
will compete against clubs from Clemson,
Georgia Tech, Valdosta, Auburn, and
Florida State. Experienced jumpers are
needed for the competition, but
inexperienced jumpers will be accepted for
training. First-jump students must meet
certain requirements: I. They must be 18
years old, or 2. under 18 with a signed
waiver from their parents, and 3. must have
no physical defects. Training and
competition will take place at the Greene
County Sport Parachute Club (GCSPC)
located in McDonough, Georgia, but the
Georgia team may get its own field if an
aircraft and pilot can be obtained, Chalfant
said. Anyone interested in joining the club
may contact Steve Chalfant at 546-5858 or
Phil McCormick at 546-1788.
SEC trophy on line
By BRUCE FINLAND
The vaunted University of
Georgia tennis team travels up
to Knoxville this weekend for
the SEC Championships, and if
things go according to form,
the Bulldogs should return
home with their second
consecutive title.
Last year the Dogs captured
their first tennis crown by
completely dominating the
tournament held in Oxford,
Miss. Georgia scored 34 out of
a possible 36 points by winning
five of the six singles
championships and two of the
three doubles crowns. In the
two divisions that Georgia
failed to win, they were
runners-up.
A repeat of last year’s
performance would take a near
superhuman effort, however.
The competition is much
stronger, and the Bulldogs will
probably only place one man
in the all-important top seeded
position.
In the number one singles
competition, Georgia will of
course be represented by
Senior Danny Birchmore.
Birchmore will be the only
top-seeded player for Georgia,
and is the favorite to win the
top singles prize in the
tournament. His chief
competition should come from
Alabama’s Mike Cahill, who
faced Birchmore in the finals
last year, and Tennessee’s Paul
Van Min, who has lost only
once in the SEC this year to
Danny.
The number two singles
competition will be wide open,
but Bob Tanis is a good bet to
win it all for the Dogs. Tanis
has played steady tennis all
year and could add the number
two title to his number three
championship won last year.
The number three division is
another story. Carey Browder
will be Georgia’s entry, but
Browder has been plagued by
an assortment of injuries and
has had a disappointing year.
Players to watch in this
competition will be Kenn
Terry of Florida and Bob
Peirce of Tennessee. Last year
Browder won the number four
championship.
Gordon Smith of Georgia
has an excellent chance of
winning the number four
championship in his freshman
year, but strong competition
and inexperience could
sidetrack him.
Big Bill Kopecky will try to
win the number five singles
crown which evaded him in last
year’s tournament. Kopecky
made it to the finals only to
lose to Miss. State’s Johnson.
This could be the year the tall
sophomore takes it all.
It might come as a shock to
most tennis fans, but Manuel
Diaz is not the favorite to win
the number six singles. He has
been beaten by Scott Letellier
of Tennessee, but Diaz
wouldn’t shock anyone if he
came home with the crown.
Diaz should meet Letellier in
the finals.
Team
report
is bleak
They say statistics tell the
story and for the Georgia
baseball team the report is
rather bleak.
In spite of the stormy
weather, resulting in a 10-20
record there are a few bright
spots in the picture.
Jimmy Carter, the Bulldog
backstop, has slammed his way
to a .355 average and is leading
the league in both doubles (six)
and triples (five).
Rick Groover claims the
number two spot with a .283
average. The hefty right-fielder
has connected for five doubles
and two triples and is tied with
Sammy Eskew for the lead in
home runs with three. He also
leads the team in RBI’s with
17.
The number three slot is
filled by Andy Johnson, who is
batting .281, and has collected
two triples and doubles.
In pitching statistics, Gary
Nevinger leads the moundsmen
with a 4-4 record and a 3.18
ERA. The sophomore claimed
mound duties for 6215 innings
and has blanked 61 batters.
Kim Braswell (0-2) has to
come in second in spite of his
record. Braswell boasts a 1.80
ERA and in his two losses — to
Clemson 4-0 and Ga. Tech 2-1
— he did a creditable job. He
pitched a two-hitter against
Tech last week.
Bill Ivie (2-3) falls third in
the lineup and has a 4.55 ERA.
In 31 2/3 innings, the freshman
struck out 12 and allowed 16
earned runs.
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