Tommy Tuberville

Tommy Tuberville
Tommy Tuberville
Playing career
Position(s)	Safety
Head coaching record
Overall	159–99 (college)
Bowls	7–6
Accomplishments and honors
	Championships; 1× SEC (2004); 1× The American (2014); 5× SEC Western Division (2000–2002, 2004–2005)
	Awards; 1× AFCA Coach of the Year (2004); 1× Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2004); 1× Sporting News College Football COY (2004); 1× Walter Camp Coach of the Year (2004); 2× SEC Coach of the Year (1997, 2004)

Tommy Tuberville
Tommy Tuberville
United States Senator; from Alabama
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 3, 2021 Serving with Katie Britt
Preceded by	Doug Jones
Personal details
Born	Thomas Hawley Tuberville; 18 September 1954 (aged 71); Camden, Arkansas, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Suzanne Fette (m. 1991)
Children	2
Education	Southern Arkansas University (BS)
Website	Campaign website
Position(s)
Tommy Tuberville
Playing career
Position(s)	Safety
Head coaching record
Overall	159–99 (college)
Bowls	7–6
Accomplishments and honors
	Championships; 1× SEC (2004); 1× The American (2014); 5× SEC Western Division (2000–2002, 2004–2005)
	Awards; 1× AFCA Coach of the Year (2004); 1× Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2004); 1× Sporting News College Football COY (2004); 1× Walter Camp Coach of the Year (2004); 2× SEC Coach of the Year (1997, 2004)

Thomas Hawley Tuberville (/ˈtʌbərvɪl/;^[1] born September 18, 1954) is a former American football coach and player and politician. Tuberville is the senior United States Senator from Alabama since 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was born in Camden, Arkansas.

Tuberville was the head football coach at the University of Mississippi from 1995 to 1998, Auburn University from 1999 until 2008, Texas Tech University from 2010 to 2012 and University of Cincinnati from 2013 to 2016.

In 2015, Tuberville was the president of the American Football Coaches Association. In 2017 he was hired by ESPN as a color analyst for their college football coverage.^[2]

In April 2019, Tuberville announced he would run for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate in Alabama to challenge Democratic U.S. Senator Doug Jones.^[3] He won the Republican nomination in July 2020, beating former Senator Jeff Sessions.^[4] He defeated Jones in the general election in November 2020.

In May 2025, Tuberville announced that he will not run for re-election to the U.S. Senate and instead run for Governor of Alabama in 2026.^[5]^[6]

Tommy Tuberville Media

From left to right, Jack Siedlecki of Yale University, Mark Richt of the University of Georgia, Randy Shannon of the University of Miami, Tommy Tuberville of Auburn University and Charlie Weis of the University of Notre Dame watch President George W. Bush speak to reporters in May 2008
Tuberville before the 2007 Vanderbilt game, his 100th career win
Tuberville during the 2011 Texas Tech Red Raiders Spring Game
In the 2020 U.S. Senate race, Tuberville defeated incumbent Sen. Doug Jones
Tuberville speaks with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in June 2021
Tuberville with his son Tucker at the inauguration of Joe Biden