"His nickname was Bear. Now imagine ... Paul Jr. was born in 1944. After graduating in 1936, Bryant was an assistant coach with Alabama for four years and Vanderbilt for two.

Jan. 14, 1946: Paul “Bear” Bryant ... During a three-year period in the 1940s, the program won only one game against an SEC team. Prior to being hired to coach at UK, Bryant had been the ...

The debut Dec. 14 of "The Junction Boys," ESPN's movie about Bear Bryant ... in those years. More, he was an icon in the state at the time. And he was a formidable football coach and football ...

On Wednesday, the Longhorns head coach was named a finalist for the Bear Bryant Coach of the Year Award. It marks the second straight year he has been selected as a finalist. While the Longhorns ...

Marcus Freeman has won his third national Coach of the Year honor, receiving the Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award on Wednesday evening. The award honors contributions that improve ...

First-year Alabama football ... is far from the only Alabama coach to lose his first head-to-head matchup against the Vols, though. From Nick Saban back to Bear Bryant, here's a look at how ...

From the first time that Jack Rutledge’s picture was flashed at the end of the “Bear Bryant Show” in 1960, he was thereafter instantly identifiable as Coach ... at Bama a year before Bryant ...