Doug Mooney

Douglas Eugene Mooney (January 31, 1929 – January 13, 2018) was an American college football and tennis coach. He was the head football coach for Case Institute of Technology from 1957 until its athletics merged with Western Reserve University in 1969 after the schools had merged in 1967. He was the men's tennis coach for Case Tech, and when it was later known as Case Western Reserve, from 1955 to 1956 and from 1970 to 1988.

Early life, playing career, and military career Mooney was born on January 31, 1929, to Douglas A. and Agnes Mooney in Bowling Green, Ohio. He attended and played high school football for Bowling Green High School and was a member of the 1945 team that won the Buckeye League. He attended Bowling Green and played college football as an end and defensive end from 1946 to 1947. He earned playing time in his sophomore season after an injury to co-captain Jimmy Knierim. In 1948, He missed the season to serve in the Naval Aviation Cadet Program at the Naval Air Station Pensacola. He returned to Bowling Green in 1949 and remained until 1950. In his senior season he was voted team captain. In 1955, he was hired as the line coach for the Case Tech football team and as the head tennis coach. He served in both roles for two years before being promoted to head football coach and relinquishing his role as head tennis coach in 1957. He led the Rough Riders football team for thirteen seasons and led them to an overall record of 18–72–3. His best year, and his only winning season, came in 1961, as the team finished 4–3 overall. He held the position until 1969 after Case Tech had merged athletics with Western Reserve and Flory Mauriocourt was retained as the now-combined team's head coach.

After Mooney was relieved of his football coaching duties, he returned to be the head tennis coach for Case Western Reserve. As head coach, he helped lead the tennis team to seven Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) championships from 1972 to 1979. He finished with a duel match record of 143–62.

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