| Doug Dickey | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Born | June 24, 1932 | |
| Place of birth |  Vermillion, South Dakota |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 104-58-6 | |
| Bowls | 2-6 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Championships | ||
| 2 SEC (1967, 1969) | ||
| Awards | ||
| 2x SEC Coach of the Year (1965, 1967) | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1951-1953 | Florida | |
| Position | Quarterback | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1964-1969 1970-1978 1984-2002 |
Tennessee Florida Tennessee (AD) |
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| College Football Hall of Fame, 2003 (Bio) | ||
Doug Dickey (born June 24, 1932) is a former college football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He was the head coach of the University of Tennessee and the University of Florida football teams.
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Biography
Dickey was born in Vermillion, South Dakota, and grew up in Gainesville, Florida.
College career
After graduating from high school, he played quarterback for Bob Woodruff at the Florida from 1951-53. While a student at Florida, he was also a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Florida Upsilon chapter.
Coaching career
Dickey was hired as head coach at the University of Tennessee in 1964 by athletic director Bob Woodruff, Dickey's head coach during his playing years at Florida. Many supporters of Tennessee football credit Dickey with rejuvenating the program. Dickey was recognized as Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year in 1965 and 1967. Dickey's Tennessee teams won SEC Championships in 1967 and 1969. In his six seasons as Tennessee's head coach, his overall win-loss record at Tennessee was 46-15-4 (.7385).[1]
Dickey is credited with starting two Tennessee traditions that endure today. He decided to place a "T" decal on the sides of the helmets, and worked with the band to form the "T" that the players enter the field through.
In 1970, Dickey returned to his alma mater to become the head football coach at the University of Florida. In his nine years as Florida coach, Dickey led the Gators to four bowl appearances, and an overall record of 58-43-2 (.5728).[2] Although Dickey was the third all-time winningest coach at Florida,[2] he did not achieve the same level of success at Florida that he did at Tennessee, and was replaced by Charley Pell after the 1978 season.
Dickey ended his college coaching career with an overall record of 104-58-6 (.6369).[3]
Administrative career
Dickey returned to the University of Tennessee in 1984, where he served as athletic director from 1986 through 2002, leading one of the premiere inter-collegiate athletic programs in the nation.
Honors
Dickey was honored as "Tennessean of the Year" by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.[4] He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2003.[5]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Tennessee Volunteers (Southeastern Conference) (1964–1969) | |||||||||
| 1964 | Tennessee | 4-5-1 | 1-5-1 | 10th | |||||
| 1965 | Tennessee | 8-1-2 | 3-1-2 | 4th | W Bluebonnet | 7 | 7 | ||
| 1966 | Tennessee | 8-3 | 4-2 | 5th | W Gator | 14 | |||
| 1967 | Tennessee | 9-2 | 6-0 | 1st | L Orange | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1968 | Tennessee | 8-2-1 | 4-1-1 | 2nd | L Cotton | 7 | 13 | ||
| 1969 | Tennessee | 9-2 | 5-1 | 1st | L Gator | 11 | 15 | ||
| Tennessee: | 46-15-4 | ||||||||
| Florida Gators (Southeastern Conference) (1970–1978) | |||||||||
| 1970 | Florida | 7-4 | 3-3 | T-5th | |||||
| 1971 | Florida | 4-7 | 1-6 | T-8th | |||||
| 1972 | Florida | 5-5-1 | 3-3-1 | 6th | |||||
| 1973 | Florida | 7-5 | 3-4 | T-5th | L Tangerine | 19 | |||
| 1974 | Florida | 8-4 | 3-3 | T-4th | L Sugar | 12 | 15 | ||
| 1975 | Florida | 9-3 | 5-1 | T-2nd | L Gator | ||||
| 1976 | Florida | 8-4 | 4-2 | T-4th | |||||
| 1977 | Florida | 6-4-1 | 3-3 | 5th | |||||
| 1978 | Florida | 4-7 | 3-3 | T-4th | |||||
| Florida: | 58-43-2 | 28-28-1 | |||||||
| Total: | 104-58-6 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. |
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References
- ^ College Football Data Warehouse, Tennessee Coaching Records. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
- ^ a b College Football Data Warehouse, Florida Coaching Records. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
- ^ College Football Data Warehouse, All-Time Coaching Records, Doug Dickey Records by Year. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
- ^ Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, Tennessean of the Year, Doug Dickey. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
- ^ College Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Famers, Doug Dickey. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
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| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Jim McDonald |
University of Tennessee Head Football Coach 1964–1969 |
Succeeded by Bill Battle |
| Preceded by Ray Graves |
University of Florida Head Football Coach 1970–1978 |
Succeeded by Charley Pell |
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