player_team coach_years birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team cfbdwid sport birth_date article_title name
alabama 1966 1979 1980 & ndash ; 1983 1984 & ndash ; & 1985 1986 & ndash ; 1988 1989 1990 & ndash ndash ; 1992 1993 & ndash ; 1995 1996 & ndash ; ; 1998 1998 1970 1971 & ndash ; epes , alabama defensive back 31 & ndash ; 17 & ndash ; 1 1959 & ndash ; 1961 auburn memphis showboats -lrb- dc -rrb- clemson -lrb- db -rrb- clemson -lrb- -lrb- dc/db -rrb- alabama -lrb- db -rrb- alabama -lrb- dc db -rrb- auburn -lrb- dc -rrb- auburn -lrb- interim hc -rrb- -rrb- alabama -lrb- db -rrb- chattanooga 1787 football 1 november 1939 bill oliver
 bill oliver
bill oliver

bill `` brother '' oliver -lrb- born november 1 , 1939 -rrb- is a former american football player and coach .
he served as a head football coach at the university of tennessee at chattanooga from 1980 to 1983 and at auburn university for the final five games of the 1998 season , compiling a career college football record of 31 -- 17 -- 1 .
oliver attended the university of alabama , where he played for bear bryant from 1959 to 1961 as a defensive back .
after coaching for high schools in alabama , oliver joined auburn as a secondary coach in 1966 under coach ralph jordan .
oliver remained at auburn until 1970 , when he left for the same position at alabama .
in 1980 , oliver became head coach at the university of tennessee at chattanooga , a position he held until 1983 .
oliver was the defensive coordinator for the memphis showboats of the united states football league in 1984 and 1985 , and then coached the secondary at clemson university .
in 1990 , gene stallings hired oliver as a secondary coach at alabama and promoted him to defensive coordinator in 1993 .
alabama 's athletic director , hootie ingram promised that oliver would succeed stallings as head coach , but ingram was fired in 1995 when the program faced ncaa sanctions .
in 1996 , oliver accepted a position as auburn 's defensive coordinator , which he held until 1998 .
after terry bowden resigned , oliver served as interim head coach and was a candidate for the permanent position .
after auburn hired tommy tuberville , oliver retired from coaching football .
in may 2013 , he was inducted into the alabama sports hall of fame .
