William Gerald Dooley (May 19, 1934 – August 9, 2016) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.

As a result, Dooley has the most Atlantic Coast Conference titles of any North Carolina Tar Heels football coach.

He left North Carolina as the winningest coach in school history, since surpassed by Dick Crum and Mack Brown.

After his tenure at North Carolina, Dooley served as the athletic director and head football coach at Virginia Tech.

[3] Finally, Dooley served as the head coach at Wake Forest where, as of 2020[update], he is fourth in the football program's history for all-time wins.

Furthermore, he is tied with Paul Amen for the most Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year awards in school history (2).