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The American Heart Association (AHA) Paul "Bear" Bryant Awards are an annual awards banquet that is hosted each year in January, in Houston, Texas, by the AHA. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] There are two awards. One of them—the Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award—has been given annually since 1986 to NCAA college football 's national coach of ...
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.
Despite all of LSU's success during this period, the Tigers had only a 4–7–1 record against Ole Miss and a 2–14 record against Bear Bryant's Alabama Crimson Tide. 1970 was the only year in which McClendon beat both Ole Miss and Alabama in the same season. Not coincidentally, this was the only year that a McClendon-coached team won an SEC ...
Former OU coach Bob Stoops was named the Paul "Bear" Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Stoops will be honored on Jan. 11 in Houston
[18] [19] Following the death of the great coach in January 1983, this trophy was renamed the Paul W. "Bear" Bryant Trophy. [20] This same name had previously been given to the AP trophy used from 1957–1965, upon it being won 3 times and retired by the coach's Alabama team.
The Junction Boys were the "survivors" of Texas A&M Aggies football coach Bear Bryant's brutal 10-day summer camp in Junction, Texas, beginning September 1, 1954.The ordeal became the subject of a 2001 book by Jim Dent, The Junction Boys, [1] and a television movie with the same title produced by ESPN, starring Tom Berenger as Bryant.
The University of Alabama's legendary football coach led the Crimson Tide to six national championships, 24 bowl games, 13 conference titles.
In 1958, Stallings rejoined Bear Bryant at the University of Alabama, this time as the ends coach. [3] He was on hand for two of Alabama's national championship seasons: 1961 and 1964. He was promoted to defensive secondary coach in 1961. [4] The following year he was named defensive coordinator, [5] and in 1964 he added the title of assistant ...