Bama Trivia... on this day

January 6, 1962

 

It seems as if University President Dr. Frank Rose will propose Paul Bryant's salary be increased to $18,000 a year. Bryant, recently named National Coach of the Year after guiding the Crimson Tide to the national title, will also have his contract extended through the 1971 season. Dr. Rose notes, "Coach Bryant is not only a great football strategist, but he insists on scholarship from his athletes. The football team has a higher grade point average than the rest of the male student body."

 

 
 
 

 


The Paul W. Bryant Museum is open daily
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Nothing but a winner. That's how he described himself even before he broke the record that made him the "winningest" coach in the history of big-time college football. Even though he is gone, today's University team shares a secret with Coach Paul William "Bear" Bryant. It's knowing what victory demands of you every day of your life.

Football got Bryant out from behind a plow and in front of a crowd when he was growing up in Morro Bottom, Arkansas. He earned a scholarship to Alabama through his size, strength, and spirit. He returned to Alabama as a coach because he said "Mama called." She needed him.

Bryant was national coach of the year three times, SEC coach of the year eight times, coached six national championship teams and on November 28, 1981, he became the winningest coach in the history of college football. Bryant retired from coaching with an astonishing 323 victories.

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