Born in Palo Alto, California, Dorow was a standout wrestler at Mountain View High School in Mountain View California, graduating in 1972. He then attended Foothill Community College in Los Altos Hills from 1972-74, where he was a conference champion and a 6th-place finisher in the California Community College Nor-Cal Championships. After Foothill, he wrestled for the University of California at Berkeley where he was a two-time Pacific 8 Conference Runner-Up and a two-time NCAA Division 1 qualifier. In 1976, he was named the NorCal College Wrestler of the Year.

After graduating from Berkeley in 1977 with a degree in Physical Education, Dorow began his officiating and coaching career. He coached and officiated at the high school and collegiate level in Washington, Wisconsin, Oregon, Massachusetts, and North Carolina. In 1982, he joined the United States Wrestling Officials Association as a mat official, and by 1990, had attained his international officials license and reached the category of M1E (Exceptional), the highest possible in the USWOA. Between 1984 and 2014, Dorow officiated over 60 international wrestling competitions, including National Team overseas tours in 11 different countries. He officiated 66 USA Wrestling regional championship events and 109 USA Wrestling National Championship events from 1983 to 2017. In 1995, he was a timer and scorekeeper for the World Championships in Atlanta, Georgia, and in 1996, he was a timer and scorekeeper for the Atlanta Olympics.

In 2001, Dorow moved to North Carolina and was the first head wrestling coach at the newly opened Eugene Ashley High School in Wilmington. He was wrestling coach at Ashley until 2005. In 2002, he founded and still runs the annual Ashley High School Veterans Cup Tournament, which just completed its 22nd year. Soon after moving to North Carolina, he joined North Carolina USA Wrestling and is still active today. Dorow was the NCUSAW Officials Director and a Board member from 2001 to 2011 and the local organizer for the USA National and North Carolina State Beach Wrestling Championships held in Carolina Beach from (2012 – present).

In addition to his 2024 induction into the North Carolina state chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Dorow has received the USWOA Phil Portuese Award (2003), the USWOA Lifetime Achievement Award (2009), the NCUSAW Frank Rader Person-of-the-Year Award (2011), and the USA Wrestling Beach Wrestling Person-of-the-Year Award (2017). Currently, he lives in Wilmington with his wife Andrea and is the Virtual Academy Coordinator for Ashley High School.