Bear Bryant
Head coaching record
In his 38 seasons as a head coach, Bryant had 37 winning seasons and participated in a total of 29 postseason bowl games, including 24 consecutively at Alabama.

Bear Bryant

Section Title: Head coaching record
Table Section Text: In his 38 seasons as a head coach, Bryant had 37 winning seasons and participated in a total of 29 postseason bowl games, including 24 consecutively at Alabama.

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°

Maryland Terrapins (Southern Conference) (1945)

1945	Maryland	6–2–1	3–2	5th

Maryland:	6–2–1	3–2

Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (1946–1953)

1946	Kentucky	7–3	2–3	8th

1947	Kentucky	8–3	2–3	T–9th	W Great Lakes

1948	Kentucky	5–3–2	1–3–1	9th

1949	Kentucky	9–3	4–1	2nd	L Orange	11

1950	Kentucky	11–1	5–1	1st	W Sugar	7	7

1951	Kentucky	8–4	3–3	5th	W Cotton	17	15

1952	Kentucky	5–4–2	1–3–2	9th	19	20

1953	Kentucky	7–2–1	4–1–1	T–2nd	15	16

Kentucky:	60–23–6	22–19–4

Texas A&M Aggies (Southwest Conference) (1954–1957)

1954	Texas A&M	1–9	0–6	7th

1955	Texas A&M	7–2–1	4–1–1	2nd	14	17

1956	Texas A&M	9–0–1	6–0	1st	5	5

1957	Texas A&M	8–3	4–2	3rd	L Gator	10	9

Texas A&M:	25–14–2	14–9–1

Alabama Crimson Tide (Southeastern Conference) (1958–1982)

1958	Alabama	5–4–1	3–4–1	T–6th

1959	Alabama	7–2–2	4–1–2	4th	L Liberty	13	10

1960	Alabama	8–1–2	5–1–1	3rd	T Bluebonnet	10	9

1961	Alabama	11–0	7–0	T–1st	W Sugar	1	1

1962	Alabama	10–1	6–1	2nd	W Orange	5	5

1963	Alabama	9–2	6–1	2nd	W Sugar	9	8

1964	Alabama	10–1	8–0	1st	L Orange	1	1

1965	Alabama	9–1–1	6–1–1	1st	W Orange	4	1

1966	Alabama	11–0	6–0	T–1st	W Sugar	3	3

1967	Alabama	8–2–1	5–1	2nd	L Cotton	7	8

1968	Alabama	8–3	4–2	T–3rd	L Gator	12	17

1969	Alabama	6–5	2–4	8th	L Liberty

1970	Alabama	6–5–1	3–4	T–7th	T Astro-Bluebonnet

1971	Alabama	11–1	7–0	1st	L Orange	2	4

1972	Alabama	10–2	7–1	1st	L Cotton	4	7

1973	Alabama	11–1	8–0	1st	L Sugar	1	4

1974	Alabama	11–1	6–0	1st	L Orange	2	5

1975	Alabama	11–1	6–0	1st	W Sugar	3	3

1976	Alabama	9–3	5–2	3rd	W Liberty	9	11

1977	Alabama	11–1	7–0	1st	W Sugar	2	2

1978	Alabama	11–1	6–0	1st	W Sugar	2	1

1979	Alabama	12–0	6–0	1st	W Sugar	1	1

1980	Alabama	10–2	5–1	T–2nd	W Cotton	6	6

1981	Alabama	9–2–1	6–0	T–1st	L Cotton	6	7

1982	Alabama	8–4	3–3	T–3rd	W Liberty	17

Alabama:	232–46–9	137–27–5

Total:	323–85–17

National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

#Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll.

Sentence(s)

In 1961, Alabama went 11–0 in the Sugar Bowl to claim the national championship.

final_sentence: In 1961, Alabama went 11–0 in the Sugar Bowl to claim the national championship.