Hall of Fame
During his ten years at UNA from 1988-97, Bobby Wallace posted an 82-36-1 record that included six NCAA Division II playoff appearances, three Gulf South Conference championships and three consecutive NCAA Division II National Championships (1993-95). Wallace’s 1993-95 teams had a combined 41-1 record, making Wallace the first coach in collegiate football history to win as many as 40 games in just three seasons.
The three straight national titles also made UNA the first school in the history of NCAA scholarship football to win three straight national titles. Wallace was a three-time GSC Coach of the Year and three-time Division II National Coach of the Year. He was also selected as the Division II Coach of the Quarter Century (1972-97). Following his time at UNA, Wallace coached at Temple University from 1998-2005, and at the University of West Alabama from 2006-10.
He was inducted into the Division II Football Hall of Fame in 2010 and has also been inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and the Gulf South Conference Hall of Fame.
Wallace was re-hired as UNA's head football coach in 2012.
In his second term at UNA from 2012-16, Wallace led the Lions to a combined 44-15 record that included four straight GSC championships from 2013-16, four straight NCAA playoff appearances and a berth in the 2016 Division II National Championship Game.
In all, Wallace posted a 126-51-1 record at UNA with 10 post-season appearances and a 20-7 post-season record. He ranks as the winningest football coach in UNA and GSC history.
