Derek Dooley - Tennessee football head coach

Derek Dooley is the head football coach for the University of Tennessee Volunteers, having taken over after previous coach Lane Kiffin left in the middle of the night to take the head coaching job at Southern Cal.

Derek Dooley, who is the son of former University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley, began his coaching career as an assistant at LSU under Nick Saban in 2000. From there, Derek Dooley followed Nick Saban to the Miami Dolphins before taking over as Louisiana Tech's head coach in 2007.

As coach of the Vols, Derek Dooley rallied the team from a slow start to finish 6-6 in the regular season and earn a Music City Bowl bid against North Carolina.

Getting to know Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley
Derek Dooley wants Tennessee to remember sting of bowl loss
Derek Dooley takes some ribbing for comments at media day
Derek Dooley warns Vols to stay out of trouble
Derek Dooley goes by the book
Derek Dooley promises integrity and class

• UT dismisses tight end Cameron Clear after felony theft charge Updated 5/25/2012 at 11:56 a.m. 475 comments

  KNOXVILLE — University of Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley announced today that sophomore tight end Cameron Clear has been dismissed from the team, effective immediately.

• Mark Wiedmer: UT Vols Big Orange brass filled with hope Published 5/24/2012 at 8:30 a.m. 28 comments

  Maybe it was merely the fact that this was the final Big Orange Caravan stop of the year. Or that a paid vacation to Destin, Fla., was just around the corner at the Southeastern Conference spring meetings.

• Vol tight end Cameron Clear suspended “indefinitely” after theft arrest Updated 5/23/2012 at 8:53 p.m. 140 comments

  The stolen laptop Cameron Clear used to surf the Internet when campus police arrested him didn't travel far, court records show.

• Vol tight end Cameron Clear suspended after theft arrest Updated 5/23/2012 at 3:28 p.m. 325 comments

  KNOXVILLE — Cameron Clear was sitting at the entrance to Neyland Stadium when University of Tennessee police caught him surfing the Internet with a laptop stolen from a fellow athlete, court records show.

• UT football improves GPA in spring Updated 5/21/2012 at 7:34 p.m. 159 comments

  Following a dismal fall semester in the classroom, the University of Tennessee football players earned a 2.71 team GPA this spring, according to records released by the athletic department.

• Mike Strange: Q&A with UT Vice Chancellor/Athletic Director Dave Hart Published 5/19/2012 at 7:52 p.m. 31 comments

  Mike Strange visited with University of Tennessee Vice chancellor/athletic director Dave Hart on a wide range of topics.

• Dooley: UT recruiting on track despite staff turnover Published 5/19/2012 at 12:30 a.m. 717 comments

  JOHNSON CITY -- Tennessee's football coaches felt early last fall that they had finally caught up and gotten back on track with their recruiting efforts.

• UT to spend a week of training camp at Milligan College Updated 5/17/2012 at 6:00 p.m. 236 comments

  The University of Tennessee football team will spend a week of fall training camp away from campus, as the Vols will train at Milligan College in Johnson City from Aug. 9-15.

• Dooley, Hart laud Fulmer Published 5/16/2012 at 11:29 a.m. 62 comments

  JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — The most recent conversation was ironically normal. The next time Derek Dooley and Phillip Fulmer speak, though, will have a more special intent.

• Mike Strange: Who will be the top-ranked coaches in 2022? Published 5/12/2012 at 4:56 p.m. 55 comments

  No games, no spring practice. Recruiting in a lull. What's a college football fan to do?

• DeAnthony Arnett gets waiver to play for Michigan State in 2012 Published 5/10/2012 at 2:12 p.m. 43 comments

  DeAnthony Arnett won't have to sit out the 2012 football season after transferring from Tennessee to Michigan State.

• Dooley's new staff fresh start for Vols Published 5/9/2012 at 6:53 a.m. 298 comments

  When a Tennessee head football coach loses to Kentucky in football after 26 straight victories to clinch a second straight losing season for the first time since 1911, he soul searches.

• Derek Dooley expects upgrade in classroom Published 5/8/2012 at 7:19 a.m. 226 comments

  MARYVILLE, Tenn. — With spring-semester final exams ending today at the University of Tennessee, Derek Dooley will begin holding his breath a little bit.

• Holly Warlick next new coach Tennessee is showing off on caravan Updated 5/7/2012 at 10:45 p.m. 21 comments

  MARYVILLE — For the third straight year, Tennessee has a new coach making the rounds with annual Big Orange Caravan.

• David Climer: Derek Dooley needs to help UT Vols at the bank as well Published 5/6/2012 at 10:12 a.m. 173 comments

  Derek Dooley was too busy with final preparations for the Orange & White Game a couple of weeks ago to notice, but he got some bad news.

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