How Bill Dooley Rebuilt A Program

Posted Aug 12, 2016
Bill Dooley came to Chapel Hill in 1967 and rebuilt a football program that had sputtered since the Charlie Justice teams of the late 1940s. The Tar Heels had been to only one bowl game since 1949 when Dooley arrived on campus. He knew the program was in bad shape when he took the job and he started making changes in a hurry. (GoHeels.com)

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