Bunting on Bill Dooley: ‘He changed the landscape in the ACC’

Posted Aug 15, 2016
Former UNC football coach John Bunting joined The David Glenn Show on Wednesday to discuss the legacy of Bill Dooley. A college coach for 36 years, Dooley’s career included head-coaching stops at North Carolina, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. He passed away this week at the age of 82. Bunting, who played for Dooley in college from 1969-71, stated that his former coach revolutionized recruiting the ACC. (ACC Sports Journal)

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