Question: John Burt Longwell, was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and dentist, he served as the head football coach at Howard College, now Samford University, a private, coeducational, Christian university located in Homewood, Alabama, a suburb of which location?
Context: Lovick Pierce "Eddie" McLane (August 9, 1899 – June 22, 1980) was a football, basketball, and baseball coach at Anniston High School, Samford University (then named Howard College), and Louisiana Tech University.  All three schools where McLane coached are nicknamed the Bulldogs.  He produced an overall record of 78 wins, 45 losses, and 10 ties as a head football coach; 64 wins and 84 losses as a head basketball coach; and 20 wins and 15 losses as a head baseball coach.  His career combined record as a head coach is 162 wins, 144 losses, and 10 ties.  In McLane's final football season at Samford in 1933, his Bulldogs were Dixie Conference Champions. Samford University is a private, coeducational, Christian university located in Homewood, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham.  In 1841, the university was founded as Howard College.  Samford University is the 87th oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.  Samford University is Alabama's top-ranked private university.  The university enrolls 5,471 students from 47 states and 29 countries.  Samford University has been nationally ranked for academic programs, value and affordability by "Kiplinger's Personal Finance" and The Princeton Review. William Alexander Blount, Jr. (May 23, 1879 – October 28, 1918) was an American football coach.  He served as the head football coach at the University of Alabama from 1903 to 1904 and at Howard College—now known as Samford University—in 1908, compiling a career record of 12–9. Sol Williams "Doc" Newton (September 25, 1893 – June 20, 1970) was an American football and baseball coach.  He served as the head football coach at Davidson College (1932–1935), North Carolina State University (1937–1943), the University of South Carolina (1944), and Guilford College (1945–1948), compiling a career college football record of 59–77–14.  Newton was also the head baseball coach at Howard College, now Samford University in 1926 and 1930 and at NC State from 1940 to 1944, tallying a career college baseball mark of 29–67–2. Robert C. Marshall was an American football and basketball coach.  He served as the head football coach at the University of Richmond in 1918 and at Howard College, now Samford University in 1920 and 1921, compiling a career college football record of 9–12–2.  He was also the head basketball coach at Richmond for one season, in 1918–19, and at Howard for two seasons, from 1920 to 1922, compiling a career college basketball record of 7–19. Patrick Joseph Sullivan (born January 18, 1950) is a former American football player and coach.  An All-American quarterback for the Auburn Tigers, he won the Heisman Trophy in 1971 and then played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins.  Sullivan was a head football coach at Samford University, a position he held from 2007 to 2014.  He was previously the head football coach at Texas Christian University (TCU) from 1992 to 1997 and the offensive coordinator at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) from 1999 to 2006.  Sullivan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1991. John Burt Longwell (1883 – ?)  was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and dentist.  He served as the head football coach at Howard College—now Samford University—in Birmingham, Alabama during the 1909, 1911, 1916 and 1917 seasons and at New York University (NYU) in 1919, compiling a career college football record of 18–18–3.  Longwell was also the head basketball coach at Howard during the 1916–17 season, tallying a mark of 3–5. Chester C. "Chet" Dillon (January 14, 1887 – October 11, 1972) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator.  He served as the head football coach at Dakota Wesleyan University (1915–1916), Simpson College (1916–1917), Howard College in Homewood, Alabama—now Samford University (1919, 1927–1928), Oshkosh State Normal School—now the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1920), Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky (1929–1930), and Jacksonville State Teachers College—now Jacksonville State University (1938–1939, 1945).  Dillon was born on January 14, 1887 in Normal, Illinois.  He died on October 11, 1972. Jennings F. "Sam" "Jenks" Gillem (c. 1890 – November 11, 1951) was an American football player and coach.  Gillem played for the Sewanee Tigers of , and was selected All-Southern in 1910, 1911, and 1912.  His ability punting the football netted him a spot on an "Associated Press" All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.  He served as the head football coach at Howard College—now Samford University (1925–1926), Birmingham–Southern College (1928–1939), and Sewanee (1940–1941), compiling a career college football record of 71–65–10.  Gillem died on November 11, 1951 at a hospital in Gadsden, Alabama after a long illness.  He was 5'9" and 150 pounds. Earl Gartman (c. 1920 – ?)  was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator.  He served as the head football coach at Howard College—now known as Samford University—in Homewood, Alabama from 1949 to 1953, at Austin Peay State University from 1958 to 1959, and at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas from 1967 to 1969, compiling a career college football record of 30–61–1.  Gartman was also the head basketball coach at Howard from 1950 to 1955, tallying a mark of 71–73.  He was the head baseball coach at Howard from 1952 to 1955 and at the University of Texas–Pan American from 1962 to 1963, amassing a career college baseball record of 60–49.
Answer: Birmingham