After studying at Colorado College for a year, Doddoli taught at Southern Colorado State College at Pueblo. He later worked in a casting house in New York state before attending the University of Kentucky. In the fall of 1969 Doddoli joined the Herron School of Art, where he taught fundamentals of design on a one-year contract. He returned the next year as a full faculty member, staying at Herron until 1999 retiring as associate professor emeritus. While at Herron, Doddoli chaired the 1988 Herron Building Committee. This committee compiled the needs assessment plan which proposed a new building for the school. It would take more than 10 years for the work indicated in the needs assessment to come to fruition.
