Bill Curry sends well wishes to former coaching rival Vince Dooley

The Georgia-Georgia Tech rivalry is known as “Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate,” but on Sunday, a former Yellow Jackets coach had a message of support for a Bulldogs legend.

This weekend, it was announced that Vince Dooley is in the hospital dealing with a mild case of COVID-19. Bill Curry took to social media to offer his support and well wishes to his former coaching rival.

God bless and heal Vince Dooley, in the hospital with Covid. Barbara and the family do not expect him to need the hospital very long-good news. We pray for a quick and full recovery for the UGA legend.

— Bill Curry (@coachbillcurry) October 9, 2022

Dooley, who turned 90 in September, was Georgia’s head coach from 1964-to-1988. Curry, 79, got his start in coaching as a Georgia Tech assistant in 1976. After 3 seasons as an assistant with the Green Bay Packers, Curry returned to Georgia Tech to be the Yellow Jackets head coach from 1980-to-1986. Curry went to coach Alabama (1987-89), Kentucky (1990-96) and Georgia State (2010-12).

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