Bleacher Report · Dec 9, 2020
Former Alabama, NFL Coach Ray Perkins Dies at Age 79
Alabama head coach Ray Perkins removes his headset near the end of the opening day game against Georgia Tech in Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 10, 1983. Perkins, in his first year as head coach at Alabama, replaced the late PaulRay Perkins, a longtime coach in the NFL and the University of Alabama, died Wednesday at the age of 79.
Perkins' family told Charles Hollis of AL.com he died at his home in Northport, Alabama, after "dealing with heart issues for the past couple of years."