Bear Bryant
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| Bear Bryant | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Born | September 11, 1913 | |
| Place of birth | Moro Bottom, Arkansas | |
| Died | January 26, 1983 (aged 69) | |
| Place of death | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 323–85–17 | |
| Bowls | 15–12–2 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Championships | ||
| 7 National Championships (1950, 1961, 1964-1965, 1973, 1978-1979) 1 SWC Championship (1956) 14 SEC Championships (1950, 1961, 1964-1966, 1971-1975, 1977-1979, 1981) |
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| Awards | ||
| 3x AFCA Coach of the Year (1961, 1971, 1973) 12x SEC Coach of the Year (1950, 1959, 1961, 1964-1965, 1971, 1973-1974, 1977-1979, 1981) |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1932–1936 | Alabama | |
| Position | End | |
| Coaching career | ||
| 1936 1936–1940 1940–1941 1945 1946–1953 1954–1957 1958–1982 |
Union College (asst.) Alabama (asst.) Vanderbilt (asst.) Maryland Kentucky Texas A&M Alabama |
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| College Football Hall of Fame, 1986 (Bio) | ||
Paul William "Bear" Bryant (September 11, 1913 – January 26, 1983) was an American college football coach. He was best known as the head coach of the University of Alabama football team. During his twenty-five years as Alabama's head coach, his teams won six national championships and thirteen conference championships. When he retired in 1982 he held the record for most wins as head coach in college football history. At the University of Alabama, the Paul W. Bryant Museum, Paul W. Bryant Drive and Bryant-Denny Stadium are all named in his honor.
Before he worked at Alabama, Bryant was head football coach at University of Maryland, the University of Kentucky, and Texas A&M University.
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- Coach Bryant Timeline at the Paul W. Bryant Museum.
- Paul "Bear" Bryant at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Summary of Bryant's record from RollTide.com
