Eric Dooley
American football player and coach (born 1965)
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Eric Dooley (born July 14, 1965) is an American college football coach and former player. He was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Grambling State University, positions he has held since 2024.[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]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach |
| Team | Edward Waters |
| Conference | SWAC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 14, 1965 |
| Alma mater | 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 | Grambling State (OC/QB) |
| 2025–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) | |
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
| 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 | 16–8 | |||||||
| 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.