Cecil “Hootie” Ingram has died at the age of 90, his family confirmed Monday.

An award-winning student-athlete and athletics administrator.

The state of Alabama mourns the loss of Cecil “Hootie” Ingram. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends. pic.twitter.com/p0on4gP4df

— Alabama Athletics (@UA_Athletics) May 6, 2024

Ingram was an All-SEC football player for the Crimson Tide in the 1950s before moving into administration, serving as UA athletic director from 1989-1995.

He is credited with hiring Gene Stallings, who led the University of Alabama to its first national championship since Bear Bryant.

Ingram was born in Tuscaloosa and attended Tuscaloosa High School where he was a star athlete in three sports before enrolling at the UA where he excelled in both football and baseball.

Even more impressive is the fact that Ingram played both offense and defense for the Crimson Tide, playing running back alongside legendary Bart Starr and leading the nation with 10 interceptions in his sophomore season.

He was also an All-SEC second baseman for the Tide baseball team.

After his playing career, Ingram began his high school coaching career before spending 12 years as a coach at Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Georgia, Arkansas and Clemson.

After retiring from coaching, Ingram moved into administration, returning to his hometown of UA two decades later and serving as AD until his retirement in 1995.

He was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.

According to U.A.In 2007, he received the Paul W. Bryant Alumni Athlete Award from the University of Alabama National Alumni Association, which recognizes an athlete who has demonstrated “outstanding character, contribution to the community, professional achievement and service” after graduating from college.

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