Former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley launched a bid on Monday for the Republican nod to take on Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) next year, adding a high-profile name to one of the midterms' most consequential contests.

Dooley is the son of former University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley, an icon in Georgia athletics whose teams nabbed a national championship and six SEC titles. Derek Dooley, like his father, played college football and later coached. The younger Dooley coached both at the NFL and college level.

A political newcomer, Derek Dooley leaned into his family background, his time coaching........

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