Doherty won four letters at Detroit City College, graduated in 1927 and enrolled in coaching school at the University of Michigan where he trained for the Olympics under Wolverines track coaches, Steve Farrell and Charles B. Hoyt.
Doherty won four letters at Detroit City College, and was elected the student body president. Doherty graduated from Detroit City College in 1927 and enrolled in coaching school at the University of Michigan where he trained for the Olympics under Wolverines track coaches, Steve Farrell and Charles B. Hoyt.