AFTER BEING DESERTED BY LANE KIFFIN, WHO WAS THE VOLS COACH FOR BARELY MORE THAN A YEAR... THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HIRED 41 YEAR OLD DERRICK DOOLEY TO BE THEIR NEXT HEAD FOOTBALL COACH ON FRIDAY JANUARY 15.DOOLEY, WHO IS THE SON OF FORMER GEORGIA COACH AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR VINCE DOOLEY, HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT LOUISIANA TECH THE LAST THREE SEASONS...
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH DOOLEY BECAME KNOWN AS A COACH DURING HIS STINT AS AN ASSISTANT AT LSU UNDER CURRENT ALABAMA HEAD FOOTBALL COACH NICK SABAN... DOOLEY INTIALLY SERVED AS THE RECRUITING CORDINATOR AT LSU DURING THE 2003 SEASON, A SEASON IN WHICH LSU WON THE BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
DOOLEY REMAINED ON SABAN'S STAFF AT LSU AND EVEN FOLLOWED SABAN TO THE MIAMI DOLPHHINS, DOOLEY REMAINED WITH SABAN UNTIL SABAN LEFT THE DOLPHINS TO BECOME THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA...
DOOLEY AND SABAN BOTH SPEND TIME TOGETHER EVERY SUMMER AT LAKE BURTON,WHERE THE TWO FRIENDS OWN SIDE-BY-SIDE CABINS IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MONUNTAINS. DOOLEY CONTACTED SABAN TO ASK HIM WHETHER HE THOUGHT HE SHOULD TAKE THE JOB OR NOT. WHILE THE EXACT CONTENTS OF THE CONVERSATION REMAIN PRIVATE BETWEEN BOTH MEN, DOOLEY ADMITTED SABAN WAS HAPPY FOR HIM AND THAT HE THOUGHT TENNESSEE WAS A GREAT PROGRAM. DOOLEY AND SABAN WILL BE RIVALS ON THE FIELD BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS BE FRIENDS. THE SPORTS TIMES NETWORK THINKS DERRICK DOOLEY HAS ALOT OF CLASS AND WE WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK. WE HOPE THAT WITH DOOLEY'S HIRING AT TENNESSEE MEANS THAT THIS RIVALRY CAN RETURN TO A FIERCE COMPETION ON THE FIELD AND ALSO RETURN TO A RIVALRY IN WHICH BOTH SCHOOLS CONDUCT THEMSELVES WITH CLASS AND CAN RESPECT EACH OTHER FOR THE GREAT PROGRAMS AND UNIVERSITIES THEY BOTH ARE!!!
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