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Patrick Daniel " Dan " McCarney ( born July 28 , 1953 ) is an American college ___MASK28___ coach . McCarney played at the University of Iowa from 1972 to 1974 and was named team captain in 1974 . He was an assistant coach at Iowa from 1977 to 1989 under coach Hayden Fry and the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at the University of Wisconsin  Madison under Barry Alvarez from 1990 to 1994 . The University of Alabama ( Alabama or UA ) is a public research university located in Tuscaloosa , Alabama , United States , and the flagship of the University of Alabama System . Founded in 1820 , UA is the oldest and largest of the public universities in Alabama . UA offers programs of study in 13 academic divisions leading to bachelor ' s , master ' s , Education Specialist , and doctoral degrees . The only publicly supported law school in the state is at UA . Other academic programs unavailable elsewhere in Alabama include doctoral programs in anthropology , communication and information sciences , metallurgical engineering , ___MASK54___ , Romance languages , and social work . The 2001 Alabama Crimson Tide ___MASK28___ team represented the University of Alabama during 2001 NCAA Division I - A ___MASK28___ season . They began their season trying to improve upon a 3 -- 8 ( 3 -- 5 ) record during the 2000 season . This was the team ' s 69th season in the SEC . This marked Dennis Franchiones first season as head coach of the Crimson Tide following the dismissal of Mike DuBose . The team finished with a victory in the 2001 Independence Bowl and an overall record of 7 -- 5 . The Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the Southern part of the United States . Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of ten states , three additional public land grant universities , and one private research university . The conference is headquartered in Birmingham , Alabama . The SEC participates in the ___MASK63___ ( NCAA ) Division I in sports competitions ; for ___MASK28___ , it is part of the ___MASK28___ Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ), formerly known as Division I - A . ___MASK88___ , referred to as football in the United States and Canada , and also known as gridiron , is a sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end . The offense , the team with control of the oval - shaped football , attempts to advance down the field by running with or passing the ball , while the team without control of the ball , the defense , aims to stop their advance and take control of the ball for themselves . The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs , or plays , or else they turn over the football to the opposing team ; if they succeed , they are given a new set of four downs . Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the opposing team ' s end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent ' s goalposts for a field goal . The team with the most points at the end of a game wins . Dennis Wayne Franchione ( born March 28 , 1951 ), also known as Coach Fran , is an ___MASK88___ coach . He is the former head football coach at Texas State University , a position he held from 1990 to 1991 , when the school was known as Southwest Texas State University , and resumed from 2011 to 2015 . Franchione has also served as the head football coach at Southwestern College in Winfield , Kansas ( 1981  1982 ), Pittsburg State University ( 1985  1989 ), the University of New Mexico ( 1992  1997 ), Texas Christian University ( 1998  2000 ), the University of Alabama ( 2001  2002 ), and Texas A & M University ( 2003  2007 ). In his 27 seasons as a head coach in college football , Franchione has won eight conference championships and one divisional crown The Independence Bowl is a post - season ___MASK63___ - sanctioned Division I college ___MASK28___ bowl game that is played annually each December at Independence Stadium in Shreveport , Louisiana . The Independence Bowl was named because it was inaugurated in 1976 , the year of the United States Bicentennial . Sponsored by Camping World , the game is officially known as the Camping World Independence Bowl . The 2001 NCAA Division I - A ___MASK28___ season ended with the University of Miami winning the national title for the fifth time . The 2001 MainStay Independence Bowl , part of the 2001  02 bowl game season , took place on December 27 , 2001 , at Independence Stadium in Shreveport , Louisiana . The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide , representing the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ), and the Iowa State Cyclones of the Big 12 Conference ( Big 12 ). Alabama won the game , 14  13 in what was the first all - time game between the programs . It was also the first bowl game for Dennis Franchione at Alabama and the second bowl game for Dan McCarney at Iowa State . The Big 12 Conference is a ten - school collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Irving , Texas . It is a member of the NCAA ' s Division I for all sports , except ___MASK64___ and men ' s soccer ; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ; formerly Division I - A ), the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition . Its ten members , located in Iowa , Kansas , Oklahoma , Texas , and West Virginia , include eight public and two private Christian schools . The Big 12 Conference is a 501 ( c )( 3 ) nonprofit organization incorporated in Delaware . Mike DuBose ( born January 5 , 1953 ) is an ___MASK88___ coach , most recently serving for Opp High School in Opp , Alabama . His most recent college coaching experience was serving as defensive line coach for the University of Memphis . DuBose came to Memphis from Millsaps College , where he was the Majors ' head coach from 2006 to 2009 . He resurrected the school ' s struggling football program by winning outright or sharing a conference title in each of his four seasons there . DuBose is best known for his four - year stint as the head football coach at his alma mater , the University of Alabama , where he led the Crimson Tide to an SEC championship in 1999 .