Gene Stallings

Gene Stallings
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Stallings in 2009
Personal information
Born: (1935-03-02) March 2, 1935 (age 89)
Paris, Texas, U.S.
Career information
High school:Paris
College:Texas A&M (1953–1956)
Career history
As a coach:
  • Texas A&M (1957)
    Freshman coach
  • Alabama (1958–1960)
    Ends coach
  • Alabama (1961)
    Secondary coach
  • Alabama (1962–1963)
    Defensive coordinator
  • Alabama (1964)
    Assistant head coach & defensive coordinator
  • Texas A&M (1965–1971)
    Head coach
  • Dallas Cowboys (19721985)
    Defensive backs coach
  • St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals (19861989)
    Head coach
  • Alabama (1990–1996)
    Head coach
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

As assistant coach:

As player:

Head coaching record
Career:97–61–2* (college)
23–34–1 (NFL)
Record at Pro Football Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Eugene Clifton Stallings Jr. (born March 2, 1935) is a former American football player and coach. He played college football at Texas A&M University (1954–1956), where he was one of the "Junction Boys", and later served as the head coach at his alma mater from 1965 to 1971. Stallings was also the head coach of the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) (1986–1989) and at the University of Alabama (1990–1996). Stallings' 1992 Alabama team completed a 13–0 season with a win in the Sugar Bowl over Miami and was named the consensus national champion. Stallings was also a member of the Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach on July 16, 2011.