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.

2025年1月22日 · Bear Bryant (born September 11, 1913, Kingsland, Arkansas, U.S.—died January 26, 1983, Tuscaloosa, Alabama) was an American college football coach who set a record (later broken) for more games won than any other collegiate coach, with the majority of the victories coming during his tenure (1958–82) at the University of Alabama.

2014年4月2日 · After graduating in 1936, Bryant became an assistant coach at Alabama for four years and Vanderbilt University for another two. He joined the U.S. Navy after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, his...

2022年10月11日 · Bear Bryant is most widely known as the head coach of Alabama. Bryant coached at Alabama for 25 years. During his coaching years, the Alabama team earned six national crowns in 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, and 1979.

2024年8月30日 · After working with the Union College team in Jackson, Tennessee, in the spring of 1935, Bryant was offered a position on the Alabama staff by Coach Frank Thomas and stayed through the 1939 season. He then joined the staff of Harold "Red" Sanders at Vanderbilt University for two years.

2024年5月17日 · Paul William “Bear” Bryant was a college football coach who had an illustrious career as the head coach of the University of Alabama football team, a post he held for 25 long and productive years. Lauded for being the most successful coach in the history of collegiate football in the U.S., he led his team to a record 323 wins.

In 1945, Bryant embarked on his coaching journey by joining the University of Maryland as an assistant coach. The following year, he continued in his role as an assistant under head coach Jim Tatum. Although his time at Maryland was brief, it marked the initial steps of a career that would shape the landscape of college football.

2024年9月30日 · Bryant was Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year ten times, a three-time National Coach of the Year, and he received one and a half votes for the Democratic presidential nomination at the 1968 Chicago, Illinois, convention. His overall coaching record was 325–85–17.

2023年11月10日 · Nearly 70 years ago, legendary Alabama football coach Bear Bryant departed from Kentucky after eight years coaching in Lexington. On Saturday, the program to whom he is most closely...

2015年3月30日 · Bryant himself comes from Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne’s coaching tree, along with Green Bay Packers legend Vince Lombardi. In all, more than 40 of Bryant’s former players and assistants...