The address for the Georgia Tech football office is 150 Bobby Dodd Way NW. The mere fact that a school would honor a coach with a street name speaks volumes of the accumulated respect and reverence the institution has for the coach. But, naming a street on campus after Coach Dodd hardly begins to tell the story of the adoration this distinguished gentleman of southern football has from all associated with Rambling Wreck football. From 1945 through 1966, Dodd walked the sidelines in Atlanta with a calmness and grace that made him one of the south’s greatest coaching icons. His 165-64-8 record, 1952 national championship, and eight straight bowl game victories make him easily the best coach in Georgia Tech history. Yet, his unconventional practice methods (playing volleyball, non-contact drills, etc.) for the time made him an enigma to many. “You have to listen to your assistant
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