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2017 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 32
BY SENATOR LUNEAU
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Grambling State University's Offensive Coordinator
Coach Eric Dooley on being named by the American Football Coaches Association as
Football Championship Subdivision Assistant Coach of the Year.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend and congratulate Grambling State University Assistant Football Coach Eric
3 Dooley on being named by the American Football Coaches Association as Football
4 Championship Subdivision Assistant Coach of the Year.
5 WHEREAS, Grambling State University Offensive Coordinator Eric Dooley has
6 been the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Assistant Coach of the Year for
7 the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level; and
8 WHEREAS, Coach Dooley doubles as the Tigers' wide receivers coach and is one
9 of the top coordinators in the country; and
10 WHEREAS, the third-year Grambling assistant has led the Tigers to the No. 4 ranked
11 offense in the country in both total yards (505.1) and points per game (44.0); and
12 WHEREAS, Grambling's offense is one of the primary seasons the Tigers completed
13 the 2016 season with a record of 12-1, and captured the Southwestern Athletic Conference
14 title and the HBCU national championship; and
15 WHEREAS, Coach Dooley is a twenty-two year coaching veteran who spent time
16 in the SWAC at Southern University before joining Coach Broderick Fobbs' staff at
17 Grambling in 2013; and
18 WHEREAS he serves on the AFCA's registration committee and has volunteered
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1 throughout his career, working with the Boy Scouts, Salvation Army, and Girl Scouts,
2 among others.
3 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
4 does hereby commend and congratulate Grambling State University Assistant Football
5 Coach Eric Dooley on being named by the American Football Coaches Association as
6 Football Championship Subdivision Assistant Coach of the Year.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
8 Coach Eric Dooley.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SR 32 Original 2017 Regular Session Luneau
Commends Grambling State University Assistant Football Coach Eric Dooley on being
named by the AFCA as FCS Assistant Coach of the Year.
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