Vols' Head Coach, Dooley puts high value on character

Dooley has repeated every time he's been in public since taking over in January, that's only half the battle for him. The off-the-field pieces aren't all in place yet based on job listings on the UT Web site for a director of football operations, an on-campus recruiting expert and a coordinator for his character development program.
Most certain, the first two likely will have a visible impact when the Vols step on the field, the last one might actually be the one Dooley wants the most.
"Character education , this is very important to me," Dooley said last month. "So many of these young men come from different backgrounds, they come from different value sets, they come from different socioeconomic places, and they all have different views of what's right and wrong. Let's face it, when you're 18 to 22, no matter where you came from, you have a big hole in your head. I know I did. I did some of the dumbest things that I can't even believe I did.
"I think it's our responsibility as coaches to help educate them as people. That's not an easy task, so we put in a character education program at Louisiana Tech. It was very successful, it's a rough culture there, and over the course of two years we changed the culture. We started defining what's right and what's wrong and helping them make choices."
Dooley will have a similar program for the Vols, though it might not be completely ready at the moment.
The UT job listing describes the vacant position as a sort of guidance counselor for the team.

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