Jack V. Doland (March 3, 1928 – April 25, 1991) was an

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coach, college athletics administrator, university president, and politician. He served as the head football coach at the

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from 1970 to 1978, compiling a record of 64–32–4. Doland was the

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at McNeese State from 1972 to 1980 and the president of the school from 1980 to 1987. He was elected to the

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in 1987. Doland died of prostate cancer on April 25, 1991, at the

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