University of Georgia Athletics
Dooleys To Receive Wooden Humanitarian Lifetime Coaching Achievement Award
November 27, 2006 | General
ATHENS, Ga. ­ --- Vince and Barbara Dooley have been chosen as the 2006 recipients of the Nell and John Wooden Humanitarian Lifetime Coaching Achievement Award.
The award, presented annually by the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame, recognizes coaches who have had a humanitarian impact. The award also recognizes the coach's spouse for their behind-the-scenes contributions.
The Dooleys will be honored along with Humanitarian Hall of Fame inductees Steve Largent, Harmon Killebrew and Steve Smith on Thursday in Boise, Idaho. "As role models and surrogate parents, the Dooleys had a significant impact with on-field and life success of Georgia football players," said World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame founder Myron Finkbeiner. "The Dooleys are a team that exemplifies the environment of support that is so very important to Nell and John Wooden."
The Dooleys are the fourth recipients of the award. John and Nell Wooden were the inaugural recipients in 2003, followed by Pete and Florence Newell in 2004, and Frosty and Donna Westering in 2005.
As Georgia's head football coach from 1964-88, Dooley guided the Bulldogs to 201 victories, including the 1980 national championship. During his tenure, the Bulldogs won six Southeastern Conference titles and made 20 bowl appearances. Dooley, a National College Football Hall of Fame inductee, coached a Heisman Trophy winner (Herschel Walker, 1982), a Maxwell Award winner (Walker, 1982), and Outland Award winner (Bill Stanfill, 1968), 40 First-Team All-Americans and 10 Academic All-Americans. He was named NCAA National Coach of the Year by every major poll in 1980 and by Chevrolet-WTBS in 1982. During his tenure, seven of his players earned the National Football Foundation post-graduate scholarship and 11 former players received the NCAA post-graduate scholarship. Seventy-seven of his players earned Academic All-SEC recognition.
Dooley has been active in many charity endeavors, including serving as chairman of the Easter Seals Society for three decades. He also has worked on behalf of HERO For Children, the Salvation Army and the Boy Scouts of America, and he has served organizations supporting research for multiple sclerosis and juvenile diabetes.
The award, presented annually by the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame, recognizes coaches who have had a humanitarian impact. The award also recognizes the coach's spouse for their behind-the-scenes contributions.
The Dooleys will be honored along with Humanitarian Hall of Fame inductees Steve Largent, Harmon Killebrew and Steve Smith on Thursday in Boise, Idaho. "As role models and surrogate parents, the Dooleys had a significant impact with on-field and life success of Georgia football players," said World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame founder Myron Finkbeiner. "The Dooleys are a team that exemplifies the environment of support that is so very important to Nell and John Wooden."
The Dooleys are the fourth recipients of the award. John and Nell Wooden were the inaugural recipients in 2003, followed by Pete and Florence Newell in 2004, and Frosty and Donna Westering in 2005.
As Georgia's head football coach from 1964-88, Dooley guided the Bulldogs to 201 victories, including the 1980 national championship. During his tenure, the Bulldogs won six Southeastern Conference titles and made 20 bowl appearances. Dooley, a National College Football Hall of Fame inductee, coached a Heisman Trophy winner (Herschel Walker, 1982), a Maxwell Award winner (Walker, 1982), and Outland Award winner (Bill Stanfill, 1968), 40 First-Team All-Americans and 10 Academic All-Americans. He was named NCAA National Coach of the Year by every major poll in 1980 and by Chevrolet-WTBS in 1982. During his tenure, seven of his players earned the National Football Foundation post-graduate scholarship and 11 former players received the NCAA post-graduate scholarship. Seventy-seven of his players earned Academic All-SEC recognition.
Dooley has been active in many charity endeavors, including serving as chairman of the Easter Seals Society for three decades. He also has worked on behalf of HERO For Children, the Salvation Army and the Boy Scouts of America, and he has served organizations supporting research for multiple sclerosis and juvenile diabetes.
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