What is Bear Bryant?
{{Infobox college coach | name = Bear Bryant | image = | alt = | caption = Bryant with his trademark houndstooth fedora | sport = [[American football|Football]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|9|11}} | birth_place = [[Cleveland County, Arkansas|Moro Bottom, Arkansas]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|1|26|1913|9|11}} | death_place = [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]] | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1933–1935 | player_team1 = [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] | player_positions = [[End (gridiron football)|End]] | coach_years1 = 1936 | coach_team1 = [[Union (Tennessee) Bulldogs football|Union (TN)]] (assistant) | admin_years1 = 1954–1957 | admin_team1 = [[Texas A&M Aggies|Texas A&M]] | overall_record = 323–85–17 | bowl_record = 15–12–2 | tournament_record = | championships = 6 [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National]] (1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979)<br/> 14 [[List of Southeastern Conference champions#Football|SEC]] (1950, 1961, 1964–1966, 1971–1975, 1977–1979, 1981)<br />1 [[Southwest Conference|SWC]] (1956) | awards = 3x [[AFCA Coach of the Year]] (1961, 1971, 1973)<br />12x [[Southeastern Conference football individual awards#Coach of the Year|SEC Coach of the Year]] (1950, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977–1979, 1981) | coaching_records = | CFBHOF_year = 1986 | CFBHOF_id = 1955 | coach_years2 = 1936–1940 | coach_team2 = [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] (assistant) | coach_years3 = 1940–1941 | coach_team3 = [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]] (assistant) | coach_years4 = 1942 | coach_team4 = [[Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football|Georgia Pre-Flight]] (assistant) | coach_years5 = 1944 | coach_team5 = [[North Carolina Pre-Flight Cloudbusters football|North Carolina]] (defensive assistant) | coach_years6 = 1945 | coach_team6 = [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]] | coach_years7 = 1946–1953 | coach_team7 = [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]] | coach_years8 = 1954–1957 | coach_team8 = [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]] |