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Alabama is arguably the best college football program in history. With a bunch of national titles & also a bunch of wins how can you argue? Also, a long lists of storied & amazing coaches on top of that. This college football giant is an empire. From the early years to the present you can’t ignore a true powerhouse.

Bear Bryant coached the Crimson Tide from 1958-1982. During his tenure Bryant won 6 national titles. His coaching record over those years was a whopping 232-46-9. Paul “Bear” Bryant is probably the greatest coach in Alabama history. The team’s stadium(Bryant-Denny) is named after him. The most dominant time for coach Bryant was between 1970-1979.During this time Bryant won 8 conference titles & 3 national championships. He also brought 13 conference titles & 11 bowl victories. Out of the 25 season spent at Alabama Bear Bryant lead the school to 24 bowl games. That’s pretty darn good.The final game Bryant coached came in the 1982 Liberty Bowl. His final game was another victory too by defeating the Illinois 21-15. Once he retired from college football, sadly enough, coach Bryant passed away 4 weeks later of a heart attack.

Two well known guys here as well in the coaching industry. 7 years split between these two coaches at Alabama. 4 year for Ray Perkins & 3 years for Bill Curry. Perkins time was cut short due to a sop in the NFL. One he made on his own. Curry left due to the turmoil in getting along with the staff in the athletic office. It was no secret that he wasn’t happy about what was going on behind the scenes.

Gene Stallings was the man called on during this time-frame. He went 62-25 during his reign at Alabama. He took the team to 6 straight bowl games under his tenure including an SEC title in 1992. All this sounds good but the program was placed on probation following an incident in 1993 involving one of his players. This lead to the football program being forced to give up 8 wins from the 1993 season. This coach still proved of his worth during his 6 seasons & Alabama.

4 total coaching changes from 1997-2006. Actually, there was only 3 but one of them(Mike Price) only lasted a few months on the job due to a scandal. DuBose done an excellent job in his 4 seasons the numbers were great including an SEC title. Franchoine had two solid initial seasons. He left for Texas A&M in what people called a crazy move. Mike Shula showed great promise early on. However, his final campaign lead him out the door after suffering through a 6-7 season.
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