Former Alabama head coach Ray Perkins died Wednesday.
He was 79.
Perkins served as Alabama’s head coach from 1983-86, compiling a 32–15–1 record. He was 1-3 against Tennessee.
The former Alabama head coach played for the Crimson Tide from 1964-66.
Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt discussed the passing of Perkins on Wednesday and knowing him from his time coaching and living in Alabama.
“Growing up in the state, I knew of Coach Perkins,” Pruitt said. “When I became an assistant coach there, I recruited south Mississippi for several years and I ran across him there. I saw him when he came on campus a few times.
“He has been a great ambassador to our game, to our league.”
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