PARIS, Texas (AP) - Gerald Jack, former University of Alabama
assistant athletic director whom former Alabama football coach Gene
Stallings called his "right-hand man," has died in Paris.
Family funeral director Arvin Starrett says the 74-year-old
Paris native died Thursday night at Paris Regional Medical after a
long illness.
Jack launched his athletic career as a high school football
coach in Paris and other Texas and Alabama schools before joining
Stallings, his lifelong friend and fellow Paris native, at Alabama
in 1990.
Stallings told The Paris News Friday that Jack was "the best
friend I ever had."
Jack started as an assistant coach with the Crimson Tide and
rose to assistant athletic director under head football coach and
athletic director Stallings. He retired in 1997.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
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