What coach was at the helm when you first started following the Tigers?

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For me it was Cholly Mac

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Same here and my old man HATED him. But even then I had a soft spot for him cause he was my first coach.

Paul Dietzel

Crushed when he left for his “Dream Job”, to coach at Army.

But thanks for a NC, a Heisman, and the Chinese Bandits. Chop Chop.

Curley.

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Same here and my old man HATED him. But even then I had a soft spot for him cause he was my first coach.

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Yeah, I can still hear the cries of Help Mac Pack, but it was mostly because he couldn’t beat the Bear, and I felt that was kind of unfair back then. He really did a good job outside of that I felt.

Cholly Mac. I’ll never forget the coaching job he did for the 1967 cotton bowl. The 7-3 Tigers took down Arkansas and ended their 22 game win streak. I was there. It’s worth reading about.
1966 Cotton Bowl

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Curly Hallman.

That's probably why appreciate the good times more than some on here.

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I’m gonna give it to y’all who began following the Tigers under Curley. You’re some battle hardened fans.

Coach Cholly Mac! TYFYS

Dinardo, though I was kinda getting into CFB more during the tail end of Curley's tenure.

Auburn '94

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Dinardo but really saban made it important for me

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This.
I casually followed LSU football in the 1990’s but was always a baseball fan first. Saban came to town and suddenly we started winning more than we did before so I became more interested. He made football as important to me as baseball was.