Neil Callaway
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| Neil Callaway | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | University of Alabama at Birmingham | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Team record | 2-10 | |
| Born | November 15, 1955 | |
| Place of birth | Macon, Georgia | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 2-10 | |
| Playing career | ||
| 1974-77 | University of Alabama | |
| Position | guard, tackle, defensive end, nose guard, and linebacker |
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| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 2007-current | UAB Blazers | |
Neil Callaway (born November 15, 1955 in Macon, Georgia) is the current head coach of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Blazers college football team, the third coach in the program's history.
Callaway, a 1974 graduate of Central High School in Macon, Georgia, played collegiately at the University of Alabama for legendary coach Paul "Bear" Bryant as a lineman and linebacker before graduating in 1978.
Callaway is married and has three children.
[edit] Coaching career
Callaway began his coaching career as a part of Pat Dye's staff at East Carolina University and the University of Wyoming before following Dye to Auburn University. In twelve years with Auburn, the team won a share of four Southeastern Conference titles and Callaway coached four All-Americans.
In 1993, Callaway became offensive coordinator at the University of Houston, where the team won a Conference USA title, before returning to his alma mater as offensive line coach for the Tide in 1997 and coordinator from 1998-2000. In 2001, he joined Mark Richt's staff at the University of Georgia as line coach and coordinator, where the team won three SEC division titles and two conference championships in six years there.
Callaway left Georgia in late 2006 to take the UAB head coaching position. He was not linked to any other coaching jobs, and was considered a sleeper choice by UAB. UAB was rumored to have initially offered the job to Pat Sullivan (then UAB offensive coordinator) and later to Jimbo Fisher (who had accepted the position), leading many to speculate that the UA Board of Trustees vetoed the contract offers preventing UAB from hiring more sought after coaches and instead appointing Callaway as the new head coach as a ploy to keep the program in a lower status than Alabama's own.[1][2][3] It seemingly worked as Callaway led UAB to the worst record in the school's history. [4]
| Preceded by Watson Brown |
UAB Blazers Head Football Coaches 2007-Current |
Succeeded by Current |
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[edit] References
- ^ Mandel, Steward (2006-12-15). More Alabama Shenanigans. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
- ^ Cook, Ben (2006-12-17). Alabama coaching search takes bizarre twist. LindysSports.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
- ^ Doyel, Gregg (2006-12-26). 'Little Bear' Bryant crosses line again in denying UAB. CBS Sportsline.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
- ^ Alabama-Birmingham Yearly Totals. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
