Head Coaching Record
In his 38 seasons as a head coach, Bryant had 37 winning seasons and participated in a total of 29 postseason bowl games, including 24 consecutively at Alabama. He won 15 bowl games, including eight Sugar Bowls.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland Terrapins (Southern Conference) | |||||||||
| 1945 | Maryland | 6–2–1 | 3–2 | 5th | |||||
| Maryland: | 6–2–1 | 3–2 | |||||||
| Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Kentucky | 7–3 | 2–3 | 8th | |||||
| 1947 | Kentucky | 8–3 | 2–3 | T–9th | W Great Lakes | ||||
| 1948 | Kentucky | 5–3–2 | 1–3–1 | 9th | |||||
| 1949 | Kentucky | 9–3 | 4–1 | 2nd | L Orange | 11 | |||
| 1950 | Kentucky | 11–1 | 5–1 | 1st | W Sugar | 7 | 7 | ||
| 1951 | Kentucky | 8–4 | 3–3 | 5th | W Cotton | 17 | 15 | ||
| 1952 | Kentucky | 5–4–2 | 1–3–2 | 9th | 19 | 20 | |||
| 1953 | Kentucky | 7–2–1 | 4–1–1 | T–2nd | 15 | 16 | |||
| Kentucky: | 60–23–6 | 22–19–4 | |||||||
| Texas A&M Aggies (Southwest Athletic Conference) | |||||||||
| 1954 | Texas A&M | 1–9 | 0–6 | 7th | |||||
| 1955 | Texas A&M | 7–2–1 | 4–1–1 | 2nd | 14 | 17 | |||
| 1956 | Texas A&M | 9–0–1 | 6–0 | 1st | 5 | 5 | |||
| 1957 | Texas A&M | 8–3 | 4–2 | 3rd | L Gator | 10 | 9 | ||
| Texas A&M: | 25–14–2 | 14–9–1 | |||||||
| Alabama Crimson Tide (Southeastern Conference) | |||||||||
| 1958 | Alabama | 5–4–1 | 3–4–1 | T–6th | |||||
| 1959 | Alabama | 7–2–2 | 4–1–2 | 4th | L Liberty | 13 | 10 | ||
| 1960 | Alabama | 8–1–2 | 5–1–1 | 3rd | T Bluebonnet | 10 | 9 | ||
| 1961 | Alabama | 11–0 | 7–0 | T–1st | W Sugar | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1962 | Alabama | 10–1 | 6–1 | 2nd | W Orange | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1963 | Alabama | 9–2 | 6–1 | 2nd | W Sugar | 9 | 8 | ||
| 1964 | Alabama | 10–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L Orange | 1* | 1 | ||
| 1965 | Alabama | 9–1–1 | 6–1–1 | 1st | W Orange | 4 | 1 | ||
| 1966 | Alabama | 11–0 | 6–0 | T–1st | W Sugar | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1967 | Alabama | 8–2–1 | 5–1 | 2nd | L Cotton | 7 | 8 | ||
| 1968 | Alabama | 8–3 | 4–2 | T–3rd | L Gator | 12 | 17 | ||
| 1969 | Alabama | 6–5 | 2–4 | 8th | L Liberty | ||||
| 1970 | Alabama | 6–5–1 | 3–4 | T–7th | T Bluebonnet | ||||
| 1971 | Alabama | 11–1 | 7–0 | 1st | L Orange | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1972 | Alabama | 10–2 | 7–1 | 1st | L Cotton | 4 | 7 | ||
| 1973 | Alabama | 11–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L Sugar | 1* | 4 | ||
| 1974 | Alabama | 11–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L Orange | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1975 | Alabama | 11–1 | 6–0 | 1st | W Sugar | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1976 | Alabama | 9–3 | 5–2 | 3rd | W Liberty | 9 | 11 | ||
| 1977 | Alabama | 11–1 | 7–0 | 1st | W Sugar | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1978 | Alabama | 11–1 | 6–0 | 1st | W Sugar | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1979 | Alabama | 12–0 | 6–0 | 1st | W Sugar | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1980 | Alabama | 10–2 | 5–1 | T–2nd | W Cotton | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1981 | Alabama | 9–2–1 | 6–0 | T–1st | L Cotton | 6 | 7 | ||
| 1982 | Alabama | 8–4 | 4–2 | T–3rd | W Liberty | 17 | |||
| Alabama: | 232–46–9 | 138–27–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 323–85–17 | ||||||||
(*) Before the 1974, the final Coaches' Poll, also known then as the UPI Poll, was released before the bowl games. This was changed as a result of Alabama winning the 1973 Coaches' Poll national championship despite later losing to Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl. Following the 1964 season, an undefeated Alabama team lost to Texas in the 1965 Orange Bowl, while an undefeated Arkansas team (which defeated Texas in Austin that season) beat Nebraska in the 1965 Cotton Bowl, which caused the national championship to be split between the two schools. Alabama was awarded the AP and UPI trophies (which were given out before the bowls at that time), while Arkansas was awarded the AFCA and FWAA trophies (which waited until after the bowls).
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