Tommy Tuberville

**Thomas Hawley Tuberville** (; born September 18, 1954) is a former American football coach and player and politician. Tuberville is the senior United States Senator from Alabama since 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was born in Camden, Arkansas.

Tuberville was the head football coach at the University of Mississippi from 1995 to 1998, Auburn University from 1999 until 2008, Texas Tech University from 2010 to 2012 and University of Cincinnati from 2013 to 2016.

In 2015, Tuberville was the president of the American Football Coaches Association. In 2017 he was hired by ESPN as a color analyst for their college football coverage.

In April 2019, Tuberville announced he would run for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate in Alabama to challenge Democratic U.S. Senator Doug Jones. He won the Republican nomination in July 2020, beating former Senator Jeff Sessions. He defeated Jones in the general election in November 2020.

In May 2025, Tuberville announced that he will not run for re-election to the U.S. Senate and instead run for Governor of Alabama in 2026.

## Other websites

- Texas Tech profile

## Infobox (college coach)

- **embed**: yes
- **player years1**: 1972–1975
- **player team1**: Southern Arkansas Muleriders football, Southern Arkansas
- **player positions**: Safety (gridiron football position), Safety
- **coach years1**: 1976–1977
- **coach team1**: Hermitage High School (Arkansas), Hermitage HS (AR) (assistant coach, assistant)
- **coach years2**: 1978–1979
- **coach team2**: Hermitage HS (AR)
- **coach years3**: 1980–1984
- **coach team3**: Arkansas State Red Wolves football, Arkansas State (Defensive back, DB/Defensive tackle, NG/Linebacker, LB)
- **coach years4**: 1986–1992
- **coach team4**: Miami Hurricanes football, Miami (FL) (assistant)
- **coach years5**: 1993
- **coach team5**: Miami (FL) (Defensive coordinator, DC)
- **coach years6**: 1994
- **coach team6**: Texas A&M Aggies football, Texas A&M (DC/LB)
- **coach years7**: 1995–1998
- **coach team7**: Ole Miss Rebels football, Ole Miss
- **coach years8**: 1999–2008
- **coach team8**: Auburn Tigers football, Auburn
- **coach years9**: 2010–2012
- **coach team9**: Texas Tech Red Raiders football, Texas Tech
- **coach years10**: 2013–2016
- **coach team10**: Cincinnati Bearcats football, Cincinnati
- **overall record**: 159–99 (college)
- **bowl record**: 7–6
- **championships**: 1× List of Southeastern Conference champions#Football, SEC (2004)
 1× American Athletic Conference, The American (2014)
 5× List of Southeastern Conference champions#Divisional champions, SEC Western Division (2000–2002, 2004–2005)
- **awards**: 1× AFCA Coach of the Year Award, AFCA Coach of the Year (2004)
 1× Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2004)
 1× Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year, Sporting News College Football COY (2004)
 1× Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award, Walter Camp Coach of the Year (2004)
 2× Southeastern Conference football individual awards#Coach of the Year, SEC Coach of the Year (1997, 2004)


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Tommy Tuberville
- **image**: Tommy tuberville.jpg
- **jr/sr**: United States Senator
- **state**: Alabama
- **term start**: January 3, 2021
- **alongside**: Katie Britt
- **predecessor**: Doug Jones (politician), Doug Jones
- **birth name**: Thomas Hawley Tuberville
- **birth place**: Camden, Arkansas, U.S.
- **party**: Republican Party (United States), Republican
- **education**: Southern Arkansas University (Bachelor of Science, BS)
- **children**: 2