The legendary coach was Paul "Bear" Bryant, who coached there from 1958 to 1982 and won 6 NCAA national championships.
After Bryant, there were 6 other coaches (including former NFL stars Ray Perkins and Gene Stallings) before the 2007 hiring of Nick Saban, who had left LSU in early 2005 and spent two seasons with the NFL Miami Dolphins.
Nick Saban.
As of 2008, Mike Price has the shortest tenure as head football coach of the University of Alabama. He was relieved of his job before coaching a single game.
k.n singh
sikandar mirza
Punch Imlach
Phil Jackson
Can't remember his name, but the Washington coach was hired by Alabama and got involved in a scandal during the summer - never coached a game.
The tallest coach on NBC is Brad Stevens and the shortest is Rick Carlisle.
Jim Boeheim
Greg Popovich
Alabama
3 years
Mack Brown
Ray Perkins' final season as head coach of Alabama was 1986. The head coach in 1987 was Bill Curry.