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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.
The 2015 film Woodlawn starring Caleb Castille as Nathan and Nic Bishop as Coach Gerelds, with Jon Voight as Bear Bryant is based on his high school years. When Woodlawn High School in Birmingham, Alabama , is controversially desegregated in 1973, gifted black athlete Tony Nathan and several other black players join the school's predominantly ...
Alabama sought someone with ties to Bear Bryant by hiring Gene Stallings, who had been recently fired as head coach of the National Football League's Phoenix Cardinals. [64] Stallings had been a member of the Junction Boys, a group of players who trained under Bryant during his tenure at Texas A&M. [65]
Bear Bryant in 1945, during his time coaching Maryland. Texas A&M University hired Bear Bryant as head football coach in 1954, replacing former coach Raymond George. Bryant arrived in College Station on February 8, 1954, and began molding the team. He felt that many of the players on the team were weak and not properly trained or coached, and ...
Known as the "Bear Bryant" of black college football, Nicks was head coach from 1945 to 1947, assistant coach from 1948 to 1951, and head coach again from 1952 to 1965. His record for 17 years was 127–39–8. He led the Panthers to eight Southwestern Athletic Conference championships and five black college national championships.
Alabama football will honor John Mitchell and Wilbur Jackson on Saturday at A-Day for their roles in integrating the Crimson Tide in the 1970s.
John Mitchell and Wilbur Jackson were honored by Alabama football on Saturday ahead of A-Day for integrating UA football in the 1970s.
The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his 15th year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with ten wins and two losses (10–2 overall, 7–1 in the SEC), as SEC champions and with a loss to Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic.