Stallings led Crimson Tide team from 1990-96, including 1992 national championship
Former Alabama football coach Gene Stallings, shown here in 2024 with wife Ruth Ann and dog Buddy at their Paris, Texas, ranch, is reportedly recovering from a fourth stroke suffered since 2017.— the news in a telephone call on Tuesday. Stallings’ daughter, Martha Kate Stallings Gunn, told Karle her father is “doing great.”
“It happened two weeks ago last Friday,” Gunn told Karle. “It was a true stroke, but Daddy’s doing great.”I called him tonight about 6 o’clock CT. Coach Stallings gave me the news I didn’t want hear. “I suffered a stroke a...Stallings — who retired to his Paris, Texas, ranch with his wife, Ruth Ann, after leaving Alabama — suffered two strokes and a heart attack in 2017 and a third stroke in 2022.
Stallings posted a 70-16-1 record in seven seasons at Alabama, including the 1992 national championship and four SEC West titles. He also served as an assistant coach for the Crimson Tide from 1958-64 under Paul “Bear” Bryant and with the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys from 1972-85 under Tom Landry, in addition to head coaching stints at Texas A&M and the NFL’s St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals .
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