Doherty was most recently the Atlantic 10 Conference's associate commissioner for men's college basketball, resigning in April, 2019.
[2] Doherty went on to his current role as an executive coach, keynote speaker and author of the book REBOUND: From Pain to Passion - Leadership Lessons Learned.
[5] Doherty was on the 1980 Holy Trinity team that won the Class A New York state high school boys basketball championship.
In the four seasons Doherty played with North Carolina, the Tar Heels amassed a record of 117 wins and 21 losses and won the 1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
[18] Doherty admitted to quitting his Wall Street job at the press conference held shortly after he was named head coach of Notre Dame.
Around the same time, Doherty did color commentary for North Carolina, Davidson, St. Francis (NY), and high schools in the Charlotte area.
[18] Several of the players he coached there went on to play in the NBA, including, but not limited to, Paul Pierce, Drew Gooden, and Kirk Hinrich.
[24] Raef LaFrentz, speaking to USA Today, mentioned Doherty drew him a cartoon called "Jayhawk Slammer," featuring a player dunking over several people.
[25] On March 30, 1999, Doherty was named as the head coach of Notre Dame men's basketball, less than a month after John MacLeod resigned.
Doherty and his only Notre Dame team had hopes of reaching the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
North Carolina basketball staff interviewed Roy Williams for the head coaching job after Guthridge's retirement.
[33] George Karl, Larry Brown, Eddie Fogler, Jeff Lebo, and Randy Wiel, all North Carolina basketball alumni, applied for the vacancy.
[36] Doherty brought his assistant coaches--Doug Wojcik, Fred Quartlebaum, and Bob MacKinnon—and his coordinator of basketball operations, David Cason,[37] with him from Notre Dame.
Instead, Smith[12] and North Carolina basketball staff at that time were upset Doherty replaced Guthridge's assistant coaches Phil Ford, Dave Hanners, and Pat Sullivan.
Doherty also received a technical foul by marching on the court and stomping his feet, in an attempt to get his team's attention.
[43] Doherty, not pleased with the first half of the game against UMass, threw a chair in the Tar Heels' locker room at halftime.
[48] Later, the Tar Heels won an at-large bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament,[49] but were eliminated in the second round by Penn State.
The combination of the lack of depth and inexperienced freshmen in the back court resulted in the Tar Heels crumbling to a record of 8–20, the most losses in school history.
They also missed postseason play altogether for the first time since 1967, including a then-record 27 straight appearances in the NCAA tournament.
Sources close to the North Carolina basketball program, including then-current and former students, talked to the writer of the article, David Glenn, under anonymity.
One source thought Doherty's coaching style wasn't constructive and his anger at various situations spilled over into his criticisms of players.
[53] Doherty's third season started with the Tar Heels winning the 2002 Preseason NIT, defeating Roy Williams' Kansas in the process.
During the game, held in Chapel Hill, Doherty was involved in an altercation with Chris Collins, then an assistant coach for Duke.
[58] Shortly after the regular season ended, the ACC Sports Journal published another piece by Glenn centered on continuing problems between Doherty and his players.
[51] On April 1, Doherty was told that he would not be allowed to return as head coach due to an irreparable rift with his players.
[65] The day after the resignation, Inside Carolina's Thad Williamson reported that UNC officials were very concerned about the lack of a respectful environment in the program.
In part because of this, three scholarship players had transferred—an unusually high number for any college basketball program, especially for one of UNC's stature.
Instead, he took the following year off, talking to Brown, Rick Carlisle, Don Nelson, Gregg Popovich, Tom Izzo, and Tommy Amaker about their coaching methods.
[77] Doherty was named head basketball coach of the Florida Atlantic Owls on April 18, 2005, taking over from Sidney Green, who was fired over a month earlier.
[80] Hurricane Wilma damaged FAU Arena and forced Doherty's Owls team to practice at Bishop Moore High School and the Champions Sport Complex in Orlando, Florida.