Post by bluehaze on May 2, 2019 11:21:05 GMT -5
Sanford Stadium field to be named after Vince Dooley
Georgia Bulldogs
By AJC Sports
The field at Sanford Stadium will be named after legendary coach Vince Dooley once a proposal receives the approval of the school system’s Board of Regents, the university announced Thursday.
Approval is expected this month and Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium will be crowned Sept. 7, when the Bulldogs face Murray State in the home opener.» More: Social media buzzing about Dooley Field “Coach Dooley’s many contributions to this university can be seen across campus,” university president Jere Morehead said in a statement, “from Georgia athletics, where he achieved unrivaled success, to the learning environment, where today many academic programs and initiatives bear his name, such as the Dooley Library Endowment Fund to the Dooley Professorship in Horticulture. The university community will continue to benefit from his service and dedication for generations to come.”
Dooley was the Bulldogs’ head football coach from 1963 to 1989, winning the national championship in 1980. He won six Southeastern Conference Championships. While athletics director from 1979 to 2004, Georgia teams won 23 national championships and 78 SEC titles.The move was praised by two noted university supporters.Herschel Walker, who won the Heisman Trophy, under Dooley’s tutelage said the honor was long overdue.
“I applaud the University of Georgia for honoring coach’s decades of service and success,” Gov. Brian Kemp said in a statement. “I look forward to watching the Dawgs compete on Dooley Field in the near future.”
Georgia Bulldogs
By AJC Sports
The field at Sanford Stadium will be named after legendary coach Vince Dooley once a proposal receives the approval of the school system’s Board of Regents, the university announced Thursday.
Approval is expected this month and Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium will be crowned Sept. 7, when the Bulldogs face Murray State in the home opener.» More: Social media buzzing about Dooley Field “Coach Dooley’s many contributions to this university can be seen across campus,” university president Jere Morehead said in a statement, “from Georgia athletics, where he achieved unrivaled success, to the learning environment, where today many academic programs and initiatives bear his name, such as the Dooley Library Endowment Fund to the Dooley Professorship in Horticulture. The university community will continue to benefit from his service and dedication for generations to come.”
Dooley was the Bulldogs’ head football coach from 1963 to 1989, winning the national championship in 1980. He won six Southeastern Conference Championships. While athletics director from 1979 to 2004, Georgia teams won 23 national championships and 78 SEC titles.The move was praised by two noted university supporters.Herschel Walker, who won the Heisman Trophy, under Dooley’s tutelage said the honor was long overdue.
“I applaud the University of Georgia for honoring coach’s decades of service and success,” Gov. Brian Kemp said in a statement. “I look forward to watching the Dawgs compete on Dooley Field in the near future.”
