Derek and Allison Dooley on their life's playbook
Monday, Aug. 9, 2010"If you don't like it, change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it." Those are words Coach Derek Dooley lives by. Continue »
Staying focused: Proud mama Barbara Dooley's game plan
Monday, Aug. 9, 2010If you look up the adage, "Behind every successful man is a strong woman," you'll likely see Barbara Dooley's picture next to it. The wife of Georgia coaching legend Vince Dooley and mother of the UT Vol's new head football coach, Derek Dooley, is one tough cookie. "A coach's wife is everything — a mother, father, friend, wife, husband," she attests. "She has to pick up the slack. She has to be a strong woman, or she won't survive." She knows. She's walked the walk. Continue »
UT Majorettes: A Tennessee (and family) tradition
Monday, Aug. 9, 2010It's a magic trick. Like "I can guess which card you're holding behind your back." Only it's more like "I'm going to throw this metal stick that could break my nose, fingers or toes 30 feet into the air, and then I'm going to spin around two, maybe three times, while simultaneously doing high kicks and then catch it without ever looking…and I'm going to smile the whole time." Continue »
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