After his playing career, Hogsett served as a high school and collegiate head coach including for the Francis Marion Patriots from 1970 to 1973.

[1] Hogsett played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers but was kept on the bench for extended periods by head coach Ray Mears.

[2] Hogsett served as the head coach of the Francis Marion Patriots men's basketball team from 1970 to 1973 and amassed a 10–56 record.

[2] Hogsett taught health and physical education at Radford University before he joined the Foundation for Appropriate Medical Care in Salem, Virginia, in 1980.

[1][2] Psychologists during the court case stated that Dowdy believed Virginia Tech administration wanted to kill him because of his disability claims for a back injury and had become paranoid due to depression and hallucinations.