Former Texas Tech and Cincinnati head coach Tommy Tuberville defeated former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the Alabama Republican Primary for US Senate.
Tuberville, who was endorsed and supported by President Donald Trump, received over 60% of the votes. Tuberville will now be facing Doug Jones in the general election in November.
BREAKING: Tommy Tuberville wins Republican Senate primary in Alabama, turning aside Jeff Sessions' bid to reclaim the seat. https://t.co/czE5AMXoBx
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 15, 2020
Tuberville, who is known for being a college football coach, began coaching in the 1980s.
Since then, he has had stints at Arkansas State, Miami (FL), Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Tecas Tech, and most recently Cincinnati from 2013-2016.
In his college coaching career, Tuberville went 159-99, and 7-6 in bowl games.
And in his time at Cincinnati, he had an overall record of 29–22 and 18–14 in AAC conference play.
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