What It Means to Be Crimson Tide: Gene Stallings and Alabama's Greatest Players

Kirk McNair is editor of ‘Bama magazine, which he founded in 1979 after serving as sports information director at Alabama. He also publishes thecorresponding websiteBamaMag.com. He is the former assistant sports editor of the Birmingham Post-Herald, andhe has won national awards for both sports information and for sportswriting. He is the former president of the National Collegiate Sports Publishers and of the Alabama Sports Writers associations. Gene Stallings is a retired head football coach of the University of Alabama and Texas A&M University, the latter being where he played as one of the “Junction Boys.” He led the University of Alabama team toa National Championship victory and was twice named the Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year. He lives in Powderly, Texas.