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Current head coach Nick Saban

The Alabama Crimson Tide football program is a college football team that represents the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The team completes in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The team has had 28 head coaches since organized football began in 1892.[1] Adopting the nickname of the Crimson Tide after the 1907 season,[1] the team has played more than 1,100 games in their 114 seasons.[2] In that time, 12 coaches have led the Crimson Tide in postseason bowl games: Wallace Wade, Frank Thomas, Harold Drew, Paul "Bear" Bryant, Ray Perkins, Bill Curry, Gene Stallings, Mike DuBose, Dennis Franchione, Mike Shula, Joe Kines, and Nick Saban.[3] Eight of those coaches also won conference championships: Wade, Thomas, Drew, Bryant, Curry, Stallings, DuBose, and Saban.[1] During their tenures, Wade, Thomas, Bryant, Stallings, and Saban all won national championships with the Crimson Tide.[4][5][1]

Bryant is the leader in seasons coached, most wins, and winning percentage. During his 25 years with the program, he accumulated a 232 wins for .824 winning percentage. Jennings B. Whitworth has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game with .067. Mike Price, who was hired in 2003, was fired prior to ever coaching a game.[6]

Of the 27 different head coaches who have led the Crimson Tide, Wade,[7] Thomas,[8] and Bryant[9] have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana. The current head coach is Nick Saban, who was hired in January 2007.[10]

Key

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2009–10 college football season
# Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CCs NCs National awards
1 E. B. Beaumont 1892 4 2 2 0 0.500 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 —
2 Eli Abbott 1892–1895 12 3 9 0 0.025 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Otto Wagonhurst 1896 3 2 1 0 0.666 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Allen McCants 1897 1 1 0 0 1.00 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 —
5 W. A. Martin 1899 4 3 1 0 0.750 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 —
6 M. Griffin 1900 5 2 3 0 0.400 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 —
7 M. H. Harvey 1901 5 2 1 2 0.600 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 —
2 Eli Abbott 1902 8 4 4 0 0.500 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 —
8 W. B. Blount 1903–1904 17 10 7 0 0.588 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 —
9 Jack Leavenworth 1905 10 6 4 0 0.600 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 —
10 J. W. H. Pollard 1906–1909 30 21 5 4 0.700 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 —
11 Guy Lowman 1910 8 4 4 0 0.500 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 —
12 D. V. Graves 1911–1914 36 21 12 3 0.583 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 —
13 Thomas Kelly 1915–1917 25 17 7 1 0.680 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 —
14 Xen Scott 1919–1922 41 29 9 3 0.744 13 9 3 0.580 0 0 0 0 0 —
15 Wallace Wade[7]† 1923–1930 78 61 13 4 0.807 45 10 2 0.807 2 0 1 4 3 – 1925, 1926, 1930 —
16 Frank Thomas[8]† 1931–1946 146 115 24 7 0.812 71 19 6 0.771 4 2 0 4 2 – 1934, 1941 —
17 Harold Drew 1947–1954 89 54 28 7 0.646 33 21 7 0.615 1 2 0 1 0 —
18 Jennings B. Whitworth 1955–1957 30 4 24 2 0.150 3 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
19 Paul Bryant[9]† 1958–1982 287 232 46 9 0.824 146 22 5 0.858 12 10 2 13 6 – 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979

AFCA Coach of the Year (1961, 1971, 1973)[13]

20 Ray Perkins 1983–1986 48 32 15 1 0.667 14 9 1 0.583 3 0 0 0 0 —
21 Bill Curry 1987–1989 36 26 10 0 0.722 14 6 0 0.700 0 0 0 1 0

Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award (1989)[14]

22 Gene Stallings 1990–1996 87 62 25 0 0.713[A 5] 38 16 0 0.703 5 1 0 1 1 – 1992

AFCA Coach of the Year (1992)[13]
FWAA Coach of the Year (1992)[16]
George Munger Award (1992)[17]
Walter Camp Coach of the Year (1992)[18]

23 Mike DuBose 1997–2000 47 24 23 — 0.510 16 16 — 0.500 0 2 0 1 0 —
24 Dennis Franchione 2001–2002 25 17 8 — 0.680 10 6 — 0.600 1 0 0 0 0 —
25 Mike Price 2003 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 —
26 Mike Shula 2003–2006 49 26 23 — 0.531 13 19 — 0.401 1 1 0 0 0 —
27 Joe Kines[A 6] 2006 1 0 1 — .000 0 0 — — 0 1 0 0 0 —
28 Nick Saban 2007–present 41 33 8 — 0.805 20 4 — 0.833 2 1 0 1 1 – 2009

AP Coach of the Year (2008)[20]
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (2008)[21]
Home Depot Coach of the Year (2008)[22]
Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2008)[23]
Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year (2008)
Walter Camp Coach of the Year (2008)[18]

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Crimson Tide. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.
  2. ^ Alabama did not join a conference until 1895.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[11]
  4. ^ When computing the win-loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[12]
  5. ^ Eight wins and one tie from the 1993 season (9–3–1) were vacated due to NCAA sanctions several years later.[15]
  6. ^ Joe Kines was named interim head coach for the 2006 Independence Bowl, following the termination of Mike Shula as head coach.[19]

References

General

Specific

  1. ^ a b c d "2009 Football Media Guide". University of Alabama Athletics. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  2. ^ "All-time Football Results". University of Alabama Athletics. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  3. ^ "Bowl History". University of Alabama Athletics. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  4. ^ "National Championships". University of Alabama Athletics. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  5. ^ "Past Division I-A Football National Champions". NCAA. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  6. ^ "Alabama fires Price for 'questionable conduct'". ESPN. 2003-05-05. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  7. ^ a b "Hall of Famers: Wallace Wade". publisher=National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-01-11. {{cite news}}: Missing pipe in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ a b "Hall of Famers: Frank Thomas". National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  9. ^ a b "Hall of Famers: Paul Bryant". National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  10. ^ "After repeated denials, Saban takes Bama job". ESPN. 2007-01-04. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  11. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (2006-08-25). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  12. ^ Finder, Chuck (1987-09-06). "BIG PLAYS HELP PATERNO TO 200TH". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  13. ^ a b "AFCA Coach of the Year Award - Past Winners". American Football Coaches Association. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  14. ^ "Past Winners". Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  15. ^ "NCAA Public Report on Infractions at Alabama". Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  16. ^ "ALL-TIME EDDIE ROBINSON AWARD WINNERS". FWAA. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  17. ^ "George Munger Award - Past recipients". Maxwell Football Club. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  18. ^ a b "Alabama's Nick Saban Named Walter Camp 2008 Coach of the Year". Walter Camp Football Foundation. 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  19. ^ "Alabama fires Shula, Kines is interim coach". Los Angeles Times. 2006-11-28. pp. D5. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  20. ^ "Saban named AP's top coach". Associated Press. ESPN. 2008-12-23. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  21. ^ "Alabama's Saban wins 2008 Eddie Robinson Award". FWAA. NCAAFootball.com. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  22. ^ "UA's Saban Named Home Depot Coach of the Year". SECsports.com. 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  23. ^ "Nick Saban Named 2008 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year for Division I - FBS". Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year. 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
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