Global InformationList of Alabama Crimson Tide head football coaches information
The Alabama Crimson Tide college football team represents the University of Alabama in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Crimson Tide competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 28 head coaches, and 1 interim head coach, since it began play during the 1892 season.[1] Since January 2024, Kalen DeBoer has served as Alabama's head coach.[2]
Adopting the nickname of the Crimson Tide after the 1907 season,[3] the team has played more than 1,100 games over 119 seasons.[4] In that time, 12 coaches have led the Crimson Tide in postseason bowl games: Wallace Wade, Frank Thomas, Harold Drew, Bear Bryant, Ray Perkins, Bill Curry, Gene Stallings, Mike DuBose, Dennis Franchione, Mike Shula, Joe Kines, and Nick Saban.[5] Eight of those coaches also won conference championships: Wade captured four as a member of the Southern Conference and Thomas, Drew, Bryant, Curry, Stallings, DuBose, and Saban won a combined 25 as a member of the SEC.[6] During their tenures, Wade, Thomas, Bryant, Stallings, and Saban each won national championships with the Crimson Tide.[6][7][8]
Bryant is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 232 victories during his 25 years with the program.[9] Saban has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .866.[9] Jennings B. Whitworth has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .166.[9] Mike Price, who was hired in 2003, was fired prior to coaching a game.[10] Of the 28 different head coaches who have led the Crimson Tide, Wade,[11] Thomas,[12] Bryant,[13] and Stallings[14] have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
- ^ 2010 Alabama Football Media Guide, p. 3
- ^ "After repeated denials, Saban takes Bama job". ESPN. January 4, 2007. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
- ^ 2010 Alabama Football Media Guide, p. 117
- ^ University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. "All-time Football Results". RollTide.com. Archived from the original on November 25, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
- ^ University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. "Bowl History" (PDF). RollTide.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
- ^ a b 2010 Alabama Football Media Guide, pp. 180–193
- ^ University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. "National Championships". RollTide.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
- ^ The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). 2010 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Records. NCAA.org. pp. 68–77. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
- ^ a b c 2010 Alabama Football Media Guide, p. 193
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