Georgia announces Sanford Stadium field to be named after Vince Dooley
Big news out of Athens on Thursday as Georgia has announced plans to honor Vince Dooley by renaming the field after the legendary Bulldog coach.
Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium is expected to officially be presented during Georgia’s 2019 home opener against Murray State on Sept. 7.
The name change of the field still has to be formally approved by both the university USG Board of Regents before it can be finalized. Based on the statements provided by Georgia President Jere W. Morehead and USG Chancellor Steve Wrigley, those approvals are a mere formality at this point.
“Coach Dooley’s many contributions to this university can be seen across campus,” Morehead said via 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.”
“I have immense respect and appreciation for Coach Dooley and all that he has accomplished at the University of Georgia,” Wrigley added. “The Board of Regents and I look forward to reviewing the proposal to name Dooley Field during our May meeting.”
Kirby Smart also offered up his thoughts on the decision by praising both Coach Dooley and the decision.
“I am pleased that we will have an opportunity to recognize Coach Dooley as we launch the next football season,” said Smart. “We will use this exciting development to galvanize private support around our capital fundraising efforts to expand Butts-Mehre for our football program.”
Dooley coached in Athens from 1964 until 1988, leading Georgia to a 201-77-10 record during that span. To this day, no Georgia coach has won as many games as Dooley. His teams won six SEC championships and the 1980 national championship.
Long past due
It’s a great move by UGA but should have been pushed back one week to Sept 14 and the Notre Dame game for obvious reasons. Why waste it on Murray State when people will be hanging from the rafters for ND?
And it was Georgia’s most recent NC vs ND that Dooley coached???
I like your point. Great point!
I concur.
The last great coach we had.
To all the Georgia fans that love to troll Florida articles – there are 14,000 reasons this was a great move today!
14,000 Florida fans that do not like Coach Dooley? That’s absurd.
14,000 Florida Gator fans that will actually show up to the GA-FL game in Jacksonville. Even more absurd.
14,000 days since UGA’s last ship. Mullen taught the fan base how to count. Good distraction from 2 consecutive lopsided loses in Jax and only 1 recruit from state of FL top 10. No 5 stars but they sure can count!
One pup talking up fake attendance the other bragging about 5 star recruits. Sort of like Spring champs or “recruiting national champs” after 14k plus days and counting guess you take whatever made up championship you can get
Or SEC Championships, or sweeping the SEC East.
Or making the playoff, something you know absolutely nothing about.
I had to laugh when you said making the playoffs… I see you didn’t list winning a NC.. LMAO
Great Honor for Dooley
SevenT…Coach Dooley recruited me and was my coach when I arrived at UGA. Thanks for your post as it is spot on.
I bet he was a awesome Coach to play for!
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That is such a cute tribute
Why thank you for such a civil compliment.