Notre Dame
Frank W. Thomas, head coach at the University of Alabama from 1932-1946.
Bear Bryant, Alabama
10-0-0 under coach Frank Thomas. The Tide was voted national champs after winning the Rose Bowl over Stanford.
At 20 years old, John Mitchell became the youngest coach in college football at the time, as well as Alabama's first African-American assistant coach.
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Frank Beamer, Virginia tech
Alabama went 6-2-1 under head coach Frank Thomas in 1935. They defeated George Washington, Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Clemson, and Georgia Tech. They lost to Mississippi State and Vanderbilt. The tie was to Samford.
Paul "Bear" Bryant for Alabama.
Frank Beamer has been the head coach at Virginia Tech since 1987 and was head coach of Murray State between 1981-1986. Prior to that he was an assistant coach at Maryland, The Citadel, and Murray State.
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Nick Saban of Alabama.
Ray Perkins' final season as head coach of Alabama was 1986. The head coach in 1987 was Bill Curry.