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Paul W. Bryant High School serves grades 9 through 12 and is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, forming part of the Tuscaloosa City Schools. The school is named after former Alabama Crimson Tide football head coach Paul William "Bear" Bryant. The school competes as part of the Alabama High School Athletic Association in Region 4 of the 6A division.
Paul William "Bear" Bryant (September 11, 1913 – January 26, 1983) was an American college football player and coach. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest college football coaches of all time, and best known as the head coach of the University of Alabama football team, the Alabama Crimson Tide, from 1958 to 1982.
He has donated millions of dollars to the Alabama Crimson Tide football program. [7] A CBS story from December 2014 reported that Bryant Jr. was partially responsible for shuttering the UAB Football program, reportedly over a long-standing grudge with Gene Bartow over a 1991 letter to the NCAA [8] - and "out of fear it might one day challenge" the football program his father had built.
The University of Alabama's legendary football coach led the Crimson Tide to six national championships, 24 bowl games, 13 conference titles.
However, in the early to mid-1990s opposition from parents and lawmakers in Tuscaloosa caused the system to create a proposition to return to "neighborhood schools." This proposition was granted in 1995 with the creation of Rock Quarry Elementary School, and continued with the creation of Paul W. Bryant High School and Northridge High School in ...
Paul Bryant may refer to: Bear Bryant (1913–1983), American football coach; Paul Bryan (musician) (born 1967) American musician, songwriter and producer; Cubby Bryant (born 1971), American radio personality; Paul W. Bryant Jr. (born c. 1945), American banker, investor and philanthropist
The Paul W. Bryant Museum is located on the campus of the University of Alabama, [1] in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. [2] Founded in 1985, [ 3 ] the museum was opened in 1988 to "house the history of Alabama football , with special emphasis on the legendary coach" Paul William "Bear" Bryant .
Bryant Bank was founded by Paul W. Bryant, Jr. in 2005. [1] He serves as its Chairman. [1] It has branches in Tuscaloosa, Northport, Birmingham, Mountain Brook, Trussville, Columbiana, Hoover, Foley, Daphne, and Huntsville. [2] The bank has $1.4 billion of assets under management in 2016. [1]