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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 09-12-2011, 06:48 AM:

Bryant was Kentucky's claim to fame as a coach wih a 71% winning record in 8 seasons at Kentucky. How many years did he coach college football as a head coach before coming to Kentucky and what institution did he coach at before coming to Kentucky.

[ 09-13-2011, 07:50 PM: Message edited by: catmandoo ]

Posted by cawood the MAN (Member # 1959) on 09-13-2011, 07:45 PM:

I don't know the number of years he coached before coming to KY, I believe he was a position coach at Vandy.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 09-13-2011, 07:52 PM:

cawood the Man, Bryant never was the head coach of Vandy.

Posted by cawood the MAN (Member # 1959) on 09-13-2011, 08:53 PM:

Was he the defensive backs coach or the recievers coach at Vandy?

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 09-13-2011, 09:32 PM:

cawood the Man, he was hired as the offensive line coach at Vandy but his first college job he had was in 1936 at Union University in Jackson Tennessee. He was then offered a assistants job at Bama, where he stayed 4 years before going to Vandy. He then was offered the head coaching job at Arkansas after Vandy's 1941 season but before he took the job at Arkansas Pearl Harbor was bombed and he enlisted in the Navy for four years. When he got out of the Navy he was offered the head coaching job and took it at the College in my trivia question.

[ 09-13-2011, 09:41 PM: Message edited by: catmandoo ]

Posted by Bama Cat (Member # 153) on 09-13-2011, 09:34 PM:

None other than Texas A&M? This is off the top of my head. For some reason Texas A&M just jumps out at me.

[ 09-13-2011, 09:35 PM: Message edited by: Bama Cat ]

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 09-13-2011, 09:44 PM:

Bama, good guess but it's in a different part of the country at a school in the Big East.

Posted by EnterpriseCat (Member # 2881) on 09-14-2011, 01:35 PM:

Only thing I remember about Bear Bryant was that he made his wife promise that she would have him buried next to Commonwealth Stadium. She said he made the comment that "when I die, I want to be buried as far from college football as possible."

Posted by ukcatfannfl (Member # 1425) on 09-14-2011, 01:40 PM:

How about Maryland?

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 09-14-2011, 02:20 PM:

Way to go Ed, you nailed it.

Posted by rlt4uk (Member # 3194) on 09-14-2011, 04:48 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by catmandoo:
Bama, good guess but it's in a different part of the country at a school in the Big East.

catman,maryland is in the acc

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 09-14-2011, 05:51 PM:

Yes they are in the ACC, must have been my keyboard. [Wink]