Following an 8-4 season in 1982, Bryant retired. On Jan. 26, 1983, he died from heart failure. Bear Bryant was 69. "He wasn't just a coach," former USC coach John McKay said. "He was the coach." ...

where he played for Paul “Bear” Bryant’s first national championship team, then later coached the Tennessee Volunteers and founded the Collegiate Licensing Company, has died. He was 82.

(WIAT) — Steve Sloan, who began his athletics career as a backup quarterback for Joe Namath at the University of Alabama before going on to lead different athletics program over the years, died ...

where he played for Paul "Bear" Bryant's first national championship team, then later coached the Tennessee Volunteers and founded the Collegiate Licensing Company, has died. He was 82.

where he played for Paul “Bear” Bryant's first national championship team, then later coached the Tennessee Volunteers and founded the Collegiate Licensing Company, has died. He was 82.

has died, UA announced Thursday. He was 82. Battle, a Birmingham native, played for Paul “Bear” Bryant, starting for three years from 1960-62. Alabama won the national championship in 1961 ...

Dies TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Bill Battle III, who was athletic director at his alma mater, Alabama, where he played for Paul “Bear” Bryant's first national championship team, then later ...

Bill Battle, former Tennessee football coach and Alabama athletic director, has died at the age of 82. The University of Alabama, where Battle played for Paul "Bear" Bryant from 1960-62 and served ...