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Dee Outlaw
Athletic Director/
Sports Information Director
(1975-present)
Dee Outlaw, a
native of Jackson, Ala., began his career at West Alabama as a
student assistant in the office of sports information, and was
named the University's first fulltime sports information
director in 1975. After a successful 21-year career promoting
Tiger Athletics, he was named Assistant Athletic Director before
taking over as fulltime Athletic Director in 1994. As Athletic
Director, he was instrumental in the development of the UWA
Softball Complex and helped spearhead the additions of men's and
women's intercollegiate cross country and rodeo. Outlaw has
staffed thousands of athletic events, including every Tiger
football game for the past 34 years, a streak that stands and
359 consecutive games.
Morris Higginbotham
Head Football Coach
(1967-1969)
Morris
Higginbotham was the Head Football Coach at West Alabama from
1967-69, leading the Tigers to a 19-9-2 record, including a 9-2
mark in 1968 and an appearance in the Peanut Bowl in Dothan,
Ala. The native of Birmingham, Ala., earned Alabama Collegiate
Conference Coach of the Year honors for the efforts of his 1968
team. Before coming to Livingston, he was one of the most
successful high school coaches in Alabama, compiling a 111-27-8
record. After leaving UWA, he returned to high school coaching
and finished his career with 196 wins before retiring in 1982.
In 1991, he was inducted into the Alabama High School Coaches
Association Hall of Fame for the years he spent at Hueytown,
Enterprise, Talladega, Etowah County, Bibb County, Scottsboro
and Hewitt-Trussville High Schools. |
