Sport(s) Football 1985–1995 Cumberland (KY) 1957–1960 Georgetown (KY) Name Tom Dowling | 1973–1976 Georgetown (KY) Education Georgetown College 1977–1983 Liberty | |
1969–1972 Georgetown (KY) (assistant) Role American football head coach | ||
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Later life
Dowling currently is retired after most recently serving as commissioner of the Mid-South Conference from 1995 to 2002.