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date of birth
Paul Bryant was the 11th of 12 children who were born to William Monroe and Ida Kilgore Bryant in Fordyce, Arkansas. His nickname stemmed from his having agreed to wrestle a captive bear during a theater promotion when he was 13 years old.
He attended Fordyce High School, where 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall Bryant, who as an adult would eventually stand 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), began playing on the school's football team as an eighth grader. During his senior season, the team, with Bryant playing of -
bear bryant "leading"
"bear" bryant has been a coach since 36' till 82' he has been leading for all his life bringing teams to the championships over and over again. -
decisional disturbance handler
when something didn't go he worked on keeping order -
interpersonal leader
he leads his team talks to each player and talks to them all as a whole -
Bear byrant staffing
when he picked his winning team ( when coaching alabama -
informational spokesperson
as the coach of the team he is needed on to talk to the press not the team members -
informational monitor
he would monitor his teams and how well they did during their practices. -
Bear bryant organizing
he was able to have time for his kids and wife even though he was a great coach at the time this is organizing because he was able to keep his two diffrent lives apart and have time for each other -
interpersonal figurehead
when bear bryant created plays for the team to use -
Bear bryant planning
bear bryant winning the super bowl was an example of planning because many coaches dont even get their teams to the super bowl and he was able to do it several times -
decisional negotiator
he represents his team when they are trading players or picking new players -
date of death
age 69
in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
28 days after the last game he coached