Former Alabama Coach Joins Ex-Player announcing Mayoral Run
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – A former University of Alabama football player is running for mayor of Tuscaloosa. Former Crimson Tide coach Gene Stallings joined Martin Houston as the one-time running back announced his campaign for mayor on Thursday.
Stallings, who lives in Texas but came to Tuscaloosa for the event, says it was his “pure joy” to speak on behalf of Houston. Houston was the first challenger to announce a bid against Mayor Walk Maddox, who is seeking a fifth term in the nonpartisan election on March 2. Maddox lost a Democratic bid for governor in 2018.
January 17, 2021 GMT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Gene Stallings, the last University of Alabama football coach to win a national championship before Nick Saban entered the picture, joined former player Martin Houston as the one-time running back announced his campaign for mayor.
Stallings, who lives in Texas but came to Tuscaloosa for the event on Thursday, said it was his “pure joy” to speak on behalf of Houston, who now works for an insurance company, pastors a church in Coker and has a sports talk radio show.
“He’s going to be honest. He’s not going to play favorites. He’s going to do the job that he’s supposed to do. And if I had a vote in this county, my vote would be for Martin Houston,” said Stallings, who won a national title at Alabama in 1992 with a team that included Houston and retired in 1996.