// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Eric Dooley? A doo-ley good guy.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive coordinator |
| Team | Edward Waters |
| Conference | SIAC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 14, 1965 |
| Education | Southern–New Orleans (1999) Southern–Baton Rouge (2005) |
| Playing career | |
| 1985–1988 | Grambling State |
| 1993 | Arizona Rattlers |
| Positions | Wide receiver, defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1997 | Southern (RB) |
| 1998–2010 | Southern (WR) |
| 2011–2013 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff (OC/QB) |
| 2014 | Grambling State (OC/QB) |
| 2015 | Grambling State (OC) |
| 2016–2017 | Grambling State (OC/WR) |
| 2018–2021 | Prairie View A&M |
| 2022–2023 | Southern |
| 2024–2025 | Grambling State (OC/QB) |
| 2026–present | Edward Waters (OC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 32–27 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2× SWAC West Division (2021, 2022) | |
| Awards | |
| AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year (2016) | |
Eric Dooley (born July 14, 1965) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the offensive coordinator for Edward Waters University, a position he has held since 2026. Before that, Dooley was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Grambling State University, positions he held from 2024 to 2025.[1] He was the head football coach at Southern University from 2022 to 2023. Dooley served as the head football coach at Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas from 2018 to 2021.[2]
A former Grambling State University player, Dooley also spent one season in the Arena Football League with the Arizona Rattlers in 1993.[3]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View A&M Panthers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2018–2021) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Prairie View A&M | 5–6 | 4–3 | T–2nd (West) | |||||
| 2019 | Prairie View A&M | 6–5 | 4–3 | T-2nd (West) | |||||
| 2020–21 | Prairie View A&M | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3rd (West) | |||||
| 2021 | Prairie View A&M | 7–5 | 6–2 | T–1st (West) | |||||
| Prairie View A&M: | 20–17 | 16–9 | |||||||
| Southern Jaguars (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2022–2023) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Southern | 7–5 | 5–3 | T–1st (West) | |||||
| 2023 | Southern | 5–5[a] | 4–3 | ||||||
| Southern: | 12–10 | 9–6 | |||||||
| Total: | 32–27 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
- ↑ Dooley was fired after ten weeks and Terrence Graves was named as interim head coach.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Eric Dooley back in the SWAC to lead Grambling Offense". The News & Observer. February 26, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
- ↑ "Eric Dooley". Prairie View A&M Panthers. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ↑ "Eric Dooley". ArenaFan.com. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
External links
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- American football defensive backs
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- Arizona Rattlers players
- Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football coaches
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- Grambling State Tigers football players
- Prairie View A&M Panthers football coaches
- Southern Jaguars football coaches
- Southern University at New Orleans alumni
- Southern University alumni
- African-American coaches of American football
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Edward Waters Tigers football coaches