Details on the Celebration of Life ceremony for former Georgia football coach Vince Dooley
A Celebration of Life ceremony for former Georgia coach Vince Dooley will be on Nov. 25, the day after Thanksgiving, in Stegeman Coliseum, the University of Georgia Athletic Association announced. The ceremony will be at 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public. Georgia football hosts Georgia Tech the following day.
Dooley, whose 201 wins are the most in school history, died at the age of 90 in his home on Oct. 28. The family had a private funeral last week.
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"Coach Dooley meant so much to this University and the Athens Community,” UGA Director of Athletics Josh Brooks said. “This will be a tremendous opportunity to honor a man who meant the world to so many of us. Georgia Athletics wanted to give Bulldog fans a chance to pay tribute to Coach Dooley, and this is a great way to do that."
Dooley is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Georgia and Alabama Sports Halls of Fame. He also served as University of Georgia athletic director from 1979 to 2004.
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