Paul Bear Bryant was born on September
11, 1913 in Fordyce AR, he was an American College football coach, he was known
for being the head coach of University of Alabama. He was the head coach of the
University of Alabama almost his whole life from (1958-1982) one year before
his death he retired. He was a great man and a great coach, he had a record of
323 major college victories all he wanted to do was win and he achieved it. He
came from a really poor family and his father died when he was really young, at
only being in the 8th grade did Bryant play his first football game
with high school students. Bryant took his team into victory but unfortunately
did not graduate with his class, he took a scholarship and went back to school to
get his degree after finishing High school and college Bryant became assistant
coach for Alabama for four years, when about to become head coach World War 2
happened and Bryant went into the US navy in Uruguay, after the war was over
Bryant became head coach. The reason that Bryant got his nickname “bear” was because
when he was little they told him he would get paid $1 to wrestle a bear he
accepted the challenge and got his ear bitten off but in the end he did not get
paid. He is a man who’s legend still lives on today a great man who died in
January 26, 1983. He wasn’t just “A coach”. He was “the coach” (USC coach John McKay).
