Doug Dickey
Title	Head coach
Sport	Football
Born	June 24, 1932 (1932-06-24) (age 77)
Place of birth	Vermillion, South Dakota
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)
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.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 College career 1.2 Coaching career 2 Administrative career 3 Honors 4 Head coaching record 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Biography

Dickey was born in Vermillion, South Dakota, and grew up in Gainesville, Florida.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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]

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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]

[edit] Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl	Coaches#	AP°
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.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile at UTSports.com

Sporting positions
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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Persondata
NAME	Dickey, Doug
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	College football player, college football coach, college athletic director
DATE OF BIRTH	June 24, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vermillion, South Dakota
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH