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Bruce Dollar, age 72 of Alva, Oklahoma, passed away October 8, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.
Services were at 1 p.m. October 13, 2021 at the First Baptist Church in Wellington, Texas with Derrick Thomas of Alva, Oklahoma, officiating.
Bruce was born on August 15, 1949, in Parmer County, Texas, to Billy Gene and Reta Dollar. He graduated from Farwell High School in Farwell, Texas, in 1967.
On April 8, 1970, Bruce was drafted into the United States Army and served as a Medical Corpsman. While serving in the Vietnam conflict, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and Vietnam Campaign Medal. He was honorably discharged on October 11, 1971.
Bruce graduated with a Bachelors in Education from West Texas State University in 1974, and began teaching and coaching in Wellington, Texas, immediately following his graduation.
Bruce earned his Masters Degree in Sports Administration in 2008 from New Mexico Highlands University.
Bruce married Judy Carol Peters of Wellington, Texas, on December 27, 1975, at First Baptist Church Wellington. Bruce and Judy welcomed their only son, Billy, into the world on October 6, 1987, in Amarillo, Texas.
Bruce accepted his first football head coaching position in 1980 at Farwell High School following assistant positions in both Wellington and Stratford. He went on to be the head coach at Stratford, Sanford-Fritch, Kermit, and Dimmitt before he retired after 30 years of teaching and coaching in Texas. He then moved on to Tularosa, New Mexico, where in 2001 his Wildcats would win the 2A State Football Championship. In 2003, Bruce accepted the head coaching position in Alamogordo, New Mexico. In 2006 his Tigers were 5A State Runner-up after a loss to Mayfield High School. Bruce would go on to Carlsbad and Hobbs, New Mexico, before retiring in New Mexico. Bruce finished his coaching and teaching career in Alva, Oklahoma, with his team earning the Girls 2A Track and Field State Runner-Up in 2015.
Bruce was able to coach his son Billy at Alamogordo as well as coach alongside him in Hobbs and Alva.
Bruce dedicated 45 years to the game of football, and 49 years to the education of young men and women across Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, earning numerous achievements and recognitions along the way. His faith and his family were most important to him, and he spent his retirement playing golf, and visiting his grandchildren.
Bruce was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife, Judy Dollar of Alva, his son Billy Dollar and wife Dusti of Conroe, Texas; four grandchildren, Raquel, Brayson, Barrett, and Riggen; two brothers, Warlick and Dennis, and two sisters, Cecilia (Polly) and Natalie.
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