gone down the path of hiring assistant coaches like Coffey and Sharp and that was all they were getting in the applicant pool. So they looked at ways to bring in a proven coach. Dooley would not have come to VT without the AD role as well. Back then, it was common for the AD to coach a team also. Also, Dooley's brother Vince was AD and football coach at UGA as were many other football coaches in the south.