Years as assistant coach in Janesville Parker's girls basketball program lands Jane Dooley in Janesville Sports Hall of Fame

Jane Dooley missed the coverage and hoopla surrounding high school girls athletics present today when she played at Janesville Craig High in the late 1970s.

Dooley did not miss any of that while an assistant coach for the Janesville Parker High girls basketball team during its successful 26-year run under head coach Tom Klawitter.

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SOWI_JVG_240426_DOOLEY_HOF05 — Jane Dooley shoots a layup during a girls basketball game for Janesville Craig. Dooley was a decorated player in her time at Craig and as a senior led the Cougars to what is still their only conference championship in girls basketball.
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SOWI_JVG_240426_DOOLEY_HOF04 — Jane Dooley in her UW- Whitewater women�셲 basketball uniform in the 1980s.
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SOWI_JVG_240426_DOOLEY_HOF03 — Jane Dooley and Mistie Bass pose for a photo during Bass�� playing days at Parker High School in Janesville. Dooley will join Bass in the Janesville Sports Hall of Fame in May.
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SOWI_JVG_240426_DOOLEY_HOF06 — Jane Dooley, back left, and one of her Janesville Parker softball teams sit for a team photo outside Parker High School. Dooley coached in the softball program from 1985-2005 in addition to serving as an assistant coach for the girls basketball team. Dooley will be inducted into the Janesville Sports Hall of Fame in May.
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SOWI_JVG_240426_DOOLEY_HOF02 — The Janesville Parker girls basketball coaching staff, including Jane Dooley, second from left, pose for a photo with Pat Summitt, who coached the University of Tennessee to eight NCAA Division I national championships. Summitt recruited Parker standout Mistie Bass in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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