Gene Stallings

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Gene Stallings

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 (1972–1985) Defensive backs coach St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals (1986–1989) Head coach Alabama (1990–1996) Head coach
Career highlights and awards
As head coach: National champion (1992) AFCA Coach of the Year (1992) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1992) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1992) Walter Camp Coach of the Year (1992) George Munger Award (1992) 2× SEC Coach of the Year (1992, 1994) As assistant coach: Super Bowl champion (XII) 2× National champion (1961, 1964)
Head coaching record
Career:	97–61–2* (college) 23–34–1 (NFL)
College Football Hall of Fame

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.