University Chancellor President Bonner To Recommend Bill Battle As Next BAMA AD
By: Stephen Crews
Updated: March 21, 2013
Dr. Judy Bonner, president of The University of Alabama, announced Thursday that she will recommend to the Chancellor and the Board of Trustees approval of her hiring Bill Battle as the University's new Athletics Director.
"Over the past several weeks, we have had multiple conversations about who should follow Coach Moore as AD," said Bonner. "Based on Mal's strong endorsement as well as Coach Battle's affiliation with UA as a player, partner and donor, his experience as a coach and his significant business background, I am confident that he is the right person to serve UA in this position. I am looking forward to working with him as we continue to build on the foundation of excellence that is the hallmark of Coach Moore's tenure."
Battle was a three-year starter (1960-62) for the Crimson Tide, and was a member of Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's first national championship team in 1961. In 1963, Battle served as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma under legendary head coach Bud Wilkinson, and was an assistant coach at the United States Military Academy while serving a two-year military tour in 1964-65. In 1966, he moved to the University of Tennessee, where he was an assistant coach for four years. He was named head coach at Tennessee in 1970 and, during his seven-year tenure, his teams went 59-22-2, and won four out of five bowl games.
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