Legendary Coach Gene Stallings Kicks Off
University of Mobile Leadership Series

Click Here for Sponsorship and Ticket Info

The University of Mobile will begin its new Leadership Series luncheons with a motivational speech from Gene Stallings, head coach of the 1992 NCAA Champion Crimson Tide football team.

The first University of Mobile Leadership Series luncheon will be held at noon Thursday, March 19, at the Mobile Convention Center. Tickets are $40 and should be purchased in advance by calling the University of Mobile Development Office at (251) 442-2226, or email mpittman@umobile.edu.

Brian Boyle, vice president for development at the Christian university, said Stallings is an excellent choice to kick off the school's new leadership luncheon series.

"Coach Stallings is a legendary coach and outstanding civic leader who is a role model in both his personal and professional life. He exhibits the kind of leadership and values that the University of
Mobile instills in its students," Boyle said.

Boyle said the university plans to hold luncheons in the spring and fall.

A Paris, Texas native, Gene Stallings, was hired as head football coach at The University of Alabama on Jan. 11, 1990. In only his third season, Stallings and his staff produced Alabama's first perfect regular season since 1979 by going 12-0. The team went on to defeat Miami in the Sugar Bowl and capture the national championship. Prior to his arrival at Alabama, Coach Stallings was head football coach of the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals moved to Phoenix in 1988. Coach Stallings led the Cardinals for four years. In 1972 Coach Stallings joined Tom Landry and the Dallas Cowboys. During his years there, Dallas won seven division titles, three conference championships and the 1978 Super Bowl. For seven years Coach Stallings was head football coach of his alma mater, Texas A&M. Coach Stallings spent his collegiate playing days under Coach Paul Bryant at Texas A&M and was one of the Aggies who endured the now famous Junction training camp in 1954. Stallings has received the Dallas Father of the Year Award, the National Boys Club Alumni of the Year Award, has been elected to the Texas A&M Hall of Fame and serves on the Board of Regents, elected to the Texas Hall of Fame, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, and has been named to a presidential committee by President George W. Bush.
The Stallings family was honored as the Family of the Year by the Tuscaloosa Association of Retarded Citizens for their sponsorship of an annual charity golf tournament which raised money for the association. The family was honored once again for their generosity when the Rise program, located on Alabama's campus, named its new building the Stallings Center. The playground was dedicated recently and was named the John Mark Stallings Playground. Rise prepares developmentally disabled infants, toddlers and preschoolers for the public school environment by integrating them with non-disabled peers. Stalling's son, John Mark, who died in August 2008, had Down syndrome and was instrumental in raising money for the building. Coach Stallings and his family now live in Paris, Texas.