Eric Dooley

Eric Dooley
Current position
Title	Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach
Team	Grambling State
Conference	SWAC
Biographical details
Born	July 14, 1965 (age 60)
Alma mater	Southern–New Orleans (1999); Southern–Baton Rouge (2005)
Playing career
1985–1988	Grambling State
1993	Arizona Rattlers
Position(s)	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–present	Grambling State (OC/QB)
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 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]

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A former Grambling State University player, Dooley also spent one season in the Arena Football League with the Arizona Rattlers in 1993.^[3]

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
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

Head coaching record