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Clint Dolezel Philadelphia Soul Offensive Coordinator Personal information Date of birth: Place of birth: Lorena, Texas Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Weight: 205 lb (93 kg) Career information College: East Texas State Debuted in 1995 for the Milwaukee Mustangs Career history Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards - ArenaBowl XV Champion
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2008 TD-INT 931-155 Passing yards 44,564 QB Rating 117.75 Stats at ArenaFan.com Clint Dolezel (born March 25, 1970 in Lorena, Texas) is Offensive Coordinator of the Philadelphia Soul, an Indoor Football team belonging to the Arena Football League (AFL). As an AFL player, he was originally signed by the Milwaukee Mustangs. He played college football at East Texas State.
In his career, he has also played for the Texas Terror/Houston Thunderbears, Grand Rapids Rampage, Las Vegas Gladiators, and the Dallas Desperados. Dolezel is also a scout for the Dallas Cowboys.
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Junior College years
Dolezel attended Cisco Junior College and was a student and a letterman in football. In football, he was a second team All-Conference selection as a sophomore.
College years
Dolezel attended East Texas State University and was a letterman in football and golf.
Arena Football League career
On March 12, 2006, Dolezel threw his 700th career touchdown, becoming just the third Quarterback in AFL history to do so. The Desperados won that game versus the Tampa Bay Storm 64-35.
Dolezel, along with Wide receiver Terrill Shaw, lead the Grand Rapids Rampage to the 2001 Arena Football Championship. Dolezel and Shaw would eventually become teammates again playing for the Dallas Desperados in 2006.
On April 16, 2007, in a 51-41 home win against the Philadelphia Soul, Dolezel became the very first professional Quarterback to throw 800 touchdown passes.[1] In 2007, Dolezel became the first Quarterback in league history to lead his team to 15 wins in a season. Despite the 15-1 record, Dallas lost to the 7-9 Columbus Destroyers in the first round of the playoffs. In 2008, Dolezel became the first quarterback in league history to complete 900 touchdown passes, in a game versus the Grand Rapids Rampage.
Dolezel has said that he would like to be a coach after his career is over.[citation needed] It was announced that on January 19, Dolezel would become the Offensive coordinator for the Florida Firecats' 2009 season (due to the Arena Football League suspending operations for 2009).[2]
Dolezel has been announced as the head coach for the Dallas Vigilantes for the 2011 season.
Statistics
Year Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's Rating 1995 10 12 83.3 121 2 1 113.5 1996 9 16 56.3 103 2 1 80.9 1997 259 388 66.8 3377 69 15 117.4 1998 343 558 61.5 4228 81 17 108.4 1999 374 556 67.3 4336 80 19 112.3 2001 364 574 63.4 3952 80 10 111.2 2002 339 505 67.1 3878 79 19 113.4 2003 361 545 66.2 4431 89 15 119.2 2004 381 585 65.1 4428 93 12 118.9 2005 302 465 64.9 3505 78 16 112.8 2006 375 573 65.4 4685 105 11 122.2 2007 375 533 70.4 4474 107 9 128.2 Career Statistics 3492 5310 65.8 41518 865 145 117.6 Notes
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Dallas Desperados starting quarterbacks Current head coaches of the Arena Football League American Conference Steve Thonn (Cleveland) • Bob Landsee (Milwaukee) • Doug Plank (Philadelphia) • Chris Siegfried (Pittsburgh)Dean Cokinos (Georgia) • Les Moss (Jacksonville) • Pat O'Hara (New Orleans) • Bret Munsey (Orlando) • Dave Ewart (Tampa Bay)National Conference Bob McMillen (Chicago) • Clint Dolezel (Dallas) • J. T. Smith (Iowa) • Danton Barto (Kansas City) • Mitch Allner (San Antonio)Categories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- People from Lorena, Texas
- American football quarterbacks
- Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football players
- Milwaukee Mustangs players
- Texas Terror players
- Houston ThunderBears players
- Grand Rapids Rampage players
- Las Vegas Gladiators players
- Dallas Desperados players
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