Following an 8-4 season in 1982, Bryant retired. On Jan. 26, 1983, he died from heart failure. Bear Bryant was 69. "He wasn't just a coach," former USC coach John McKay said. "He was the coach." ...

In 1983, football coaching legend, Paul “Bear” Bryant, died from a heart attack. Moved to amplify and drive education surrounding heart disease after his passing, the Bryant family teamed up ...

The Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award is the only ... The football coaching legend died from a heart attack in 1983. As previously announced, Grant Teaff, the legendary former Baylor ...

The debut Dec. 14 of "The Junction Boys," ESPN's movie about Bear Bryant and his first preseason training camp as head coach of Texas A & M, got me thinking about Bryant's role as a historic ...

Jan. 14, 1946: Paul “Bear” Bryant is hired as the head football coach for the University of Kentucky. Considered by many to be one of the sport’s greatest football coaches ever, Bryant was ...