Tom Dowling (American football)

Tom Dowling
Playing career
Sport(s)	Football
1957–1960	Georgetown (KY)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1969–1972	Georgetown (KY) (assistant)
1973–1976	Georgetown (KY)
1977–1983	Liberty
1985–1995	Cumberland (KY)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1995–2002	Mid-South Conf. (commissioner)
Head coaching record
Overall	111–107–4

Tom Dowling is an American football coach best known for his stint as head coach of Liberty University in the 1970s and 1980s. A graduate of Georgetown College, Dowling coached for over 30 years on the collegiate level.

Playing career

Dowling played football for Georgetown College serving as co-captain of the 1960 team. He also won the KIAC championship in the shot put while competing for the track team.^[1]

Coaching career

Dowling began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater, Georgetown College. After four successful seasons he became the third head coach at Liberty Baptist College (now called Liberty University). He led the Flames in their transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II in 1981.^[2]

After Liberty, he moved on to start the football program at Cumberland College (now called University of the Cumberlands) in his home state of Kentucky.^[3]

Later life

Dowling currently is retired after most recently serving as commissioner of the Mid-South Conference from 1995 to 2002.^[4]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	NAIA^#
Georgetown Tigers (NAIA) (1973–1976)
1973	Georgetown	3–6
1974	Georgetown	7–2	16
1975	Georgetown	6–4	17
1976	Georgetown	7–2–1	11
Georgetown:		23–14–1
Liberty Flames (NAIA Independent) (1977–1980)
1977	Liberty	3–7
1978	Liberty	4–5–1
1979	Liberty	9–1–1	18
1980	Liberty	7–3
Liberty Flames (NCAA Division II Independent) (1981–1983)
1981	Liberty	1–9
1982	Liberty	7–4
1983	Liberty	2–9
Liberty:		33–38–2
Cumberland Indians (NAIA) (1985–1995)
1985	Cumberland	1–9
1986	Cumberland	3–7
1987	Cumberland	7–3
1988	Cumberland	10–1
1989	Cumberland	7–3
1990	Cumberland	7–2–1
1991	Cumberland	4–5
1992	Cumberland	3–7
1993	Cumberland	2–9
1994	Cumberland	5–5
1995	Cumberland	6–4
Cumberland:		55–55–1
Total:		111–107–4
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

↑ "Pikes Alpha Lambda Alumni Association Hall of Fame" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-02-25.
↑ "Liberty Football History" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-02-25.
↑ "Liberty Coaching History" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-02-25.
↑ "Georgetown College Hall of Fame Bio". Archived from the original on 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2008-02-24.

External links

Tom Dowling at the College Football Data Warehouse

Georgetown Tigers head football coaches

J. E. H. Marsh (1893–1902)
John Emerson (1903–1904)
Wilson Kline (1905–1907)
Robert T. Hinton (1908–1917)
W. C. Thomason (1918)
Robert T. Hinton (1919)
Paul Rhoton (1920–1921)
James W. Coleman (1922–1923)
Walter E. Horater (1924–1928)
Chester Dillon (1929–1930)
Carey Spicer (1931–1934)
R. K. Evans (1935–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Raymond Henderson (1946)
C. Q. Smith (1947–1949)
Andy Hewlett (1950)
Leo Yarutis (1951)
George Claiborne (1952)
No team (1953–1954)
Bob Davis (1955–1960)
Lester Craft (1961-1972)
Tom Dowling (1973–1976)
Tom Mullins (1977)
Mike Harper (1978)
Jim Jordan (1979)
Bill Baldridge (1980)
John Bieling (1981)
Kevin Donley (1982–1992)
Bob Brush (1993–1996)
Bill Cronin (1997– )

Liberty Flames head football coaches

Lee Royer (1973) John Cartwright (1974–1976) Tom Dowling (1977–1983) Morgan Hout (1984–1988) Sam Rutigliano (1989–1999) Ken Karcher (2000–2005) Danny Rocco (2006–2011) Turner Gill (2012– )

Cumberlands Patriots head football coaches

Tom Dowling (1985–1995) Dan Haley (1996–2000) Chuck King (2001–2005) John Bland (2006–2013) Matt Rhymer (2014– )

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