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Cecil “Hootie” Ingram, a longtime college athletics administrator who was the athletic director at his alma mater, Alabama, and at Florida State during the Seminoles’ rise to national prominence, has died. He was 90.
The University of Alabama announced Ingram’s death on Monday.
“We will miss Hootie dearly,” Alabama athletics director Greg Byrne said on X, formerly known as Twitter. “He was such a wonderful man and always greeted you with a big smile. Hootie left a lasting impact on The University of Alabama as both a student-athlete and administrator. Our condolences go out to his family and friends.”
We mourn the passing of 1991 Inductee Cecil “Hootie” Ingram. Ingram was a three-sport standout at Tuscaloosa High School, then a two-sport star at the University of Alabama. As a sophomore in 1952, he led the nation in pass interceptions with 10 and was named First-Team All-SEC. pic.twitter.com/NjTpuUX8M3
— Alabama Sports Hall of Fame …
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