Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all.

Marshall put him in contact with Harry Clifton "Curley" Byrd the president and former football coach of the University of Maryland. postage stamp in 1996. However Bryant and Byrd came into conflict.

Paul William "Bear" Bryant (September 11 1913 – January 26 1983) was an American college football player and coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. Bryant Museum Paul W.