Gerald Jack, former Alabama assistant AD, dies
Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 5:43 p.m.
PARIS, Texas - Gerald Jack, former University of Alabama assistant athletic director whom former Alabama football coach Gene Stallings called his "right-hand man," has died in Paris.
Family funeral director Arvin Starrett says the 74-year-old Paris native died Thursday night at Paris Regional Medical after a long illness.
Jack launched his athletic career as a high school football coach in Paris and other Texas and Alabama schools before joining Stallings, his lifelong friend and fellow Paris native, at Alabama in 1990. Stallings told The Paris News Friday that Jack was "the best friend I ever had."
Jack sretired as Alabama's assistant athletic director in 1997.
Funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at the Lamar Avenue Church of Christ in Paris. Visitation is at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Starrett Funeral Home.
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