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Doug Plank resigns as Soul head coach

The Daily News has learned that Doug Plank has resigned after one very successful season as the Soul’s head coach.

Soul head coach Doug Plank led his team to an American Conference Championship this year. (Yong Kim/Staff Photographer)
Soul head coach Doug Plank led his team to an American Conference Championship this year. (Yong Kim/Staff Photographer)Read more
    by Ed Barkowitz, Daily News Staff
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The Daily News has learned that Doug Plank has resigned after one very successful season as the Soul's head coach.

Plank, 59, said ominously following the team's loss in the ArenaBowl championship game on Aug. 10 that he needed to evaluate his future. Coaching in Philadelphia for seven months, he said, created a hardship on his family, which lives in Scottsdale, Ariz. Offensive coordinator Clint Dolezel is the logical choice to replace Plank.

The Soul brought in Plank, Dolezel and other coaches and had numerous roster changes after going 6-12 in 2011. Philadelphia responded by going 15-3, before getting thumped by the Arizona Rattlers in the ArenaBowl.