Vince Dooley, the winningest football coach and long-time athletics director at the University of Georgia, has died at 90.
Dooley, who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994, died at his Athens home surrounded by his wife, Barbara, and their four children. No cause of death was given by the school.
Dooley was hospitalized earlier this month for what was described as a mild case of COVID-19, but he pronounced himself fully recovered and ready to attend his regular book-signing session at the campus bookstore before an Oct. 15 game against Vanderbilt.
During Dooley’s 25-year stint on the Georgia sidelines from 1964-1988, the Bulldogs won 201 games, claimed six SEC titles, and were voted national champions in 1980.