... 2011, Nick Saban embarks on his fifth year as the head coach of the University of Alabama football program. Since the departure of Bear Bryant, only one coach lasted longer: Gene Stallings, a tenure that lasted six years.

Ray Perkins endured all of four years. With a record of 32-15-1, Perkins opted out of college football and sailed away on the ship of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Though his tenure was short, Perkins had only one losing season and kept the wheels from falling off the cart of a program that had quickly began to lose its luster following the back-to-back championship seasons of '78-'79 and subsequent departure of Bear Bryant in 1983.

Perk...

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