Celebrated Football Coach Vince Dooley Inspires

The EHS community welcomed legendary football coach Vince Dooley to campus on March 27.
Mr. Dooley’s career at the University of Georgia, where he served as head football coach (1964-1988) and athletic director (1979-2004), spanned 40 remarkable years. During his 25 years as head coach of the UGA Bulldogs, he amassed 201 victories, led his team to 20 bowl games, coached several of the best players the game has seen, and earned two NCAA National Coach of the Year awards and seven NEC Coach of the Year awards.
 
Mr. Dooley was brought to the Hill by Billy and Lee Espy, parents of EHS juniors Robert and Walker. An avid historian — he earned his master’s in history in 1963 while assistant football coach at Auburn University — Mr. Dooley serves on the board of the Civil War Trust, the largest nonprofit organization devoted to the preservation of America’s battlefields. In the morning, he and other representatives from the Civil War Trust met with Head of School Charley Stillwell, Assistant Director for Academics Mary Fielder, Director of the Washington Program Jeremy Goldstein, and several members of Episcopal’s history faculty, to explore the possibility of working together to plan a future School trip to Gettysburg.
 
Following that discussion, Mr. Dooley addressed the entire School community during Community Meeting, sharing reflections on his time in coaching and the meaningful connections made in his career. Team captains hosted Mr. Dooley for lunch, and in the afternoon he joined faculty member Mike Reynolds’s Advanced US History Class, where he shared memories of historic moments that occurred — such as racial integration and advances in women’s athletics — during his long tenure at UGA. Mr. Dooley closed the day by sharing his experiences and offering advice to Episcopal’s football players, who were eager to hear his memories of many of their football heroes.
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