Head Coach Bobby Wallace

Bobby Wallace begins his second season as the new head football coach at The University of West Alabama. Prior to arriving in Livingston, he had served as the head coach at Temple University since 1997. 

The Wallace Era began with UWA recording its first winning season in 14 years, as the Tigers finished 6-5 on the season. UWA ended several streaks picking up wins at Lambuth, against Southern Arkansas and at Arkansas-Monticello.

Wallace’s first head coaching stint came in the GSC when he was the head coach at the University of North Alabama from 1988-1997. During his time at UNA, he led the Lions to three consecutive national championships from 1993-1995, as his squads finished with an overall record of 41-1 during the course of those three seasons. The 1995 team was selected as the “Best Team of the Quarter Century” in Division II and linebacker Ronald McKinnon became the first, and to this point the only, defensive player to win the Harlon Hill Trophy. 

Wallace also led UNA to Gulf South Conference Championships during the 1993-1995 seasons, while his Lions also qualified for the NCAA Division II Playoffs six times during his tenure. Over his 10 seasons at the helm, he compiled an overall mark of 82-36-1, and he also produced a total of 12 NFL players. 

Throughout the course of his successful coaching career, Wallace has been awarded with several honors. He was named the GSC Coach of the Year three straight seasons from 1993-1995, while also being named the NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year during that same span. In 1997, he was named the first Division II Coach of the Quarter Century, before being inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. 

Prior to embarking in a career as a head coach, he has also served as defensive backs coach at Illinois, Mississippi State, Auburn, Wyoming and East Carolina, where his teams were consistently ranked in the top five nationally in pass defense. During his stint at Auburn, he was noted for recruiting and signing Bo Jackson.

Wallace and his wife Sharon are the parents of three children: son Blake, son Robert and daughter Lindsey.