Duke and Alabama have an interesting football history. Three of Duke’s head coaches had strong Alabama connections. Wallace Wade came from Alabama to Duke a legend and remained a legend. David Cutcliffe is a Birmingham native and Alabama alum who had some SEC ports-of-call before ending up at Duke. Steve Sloan was an Alabama great at quarterback but a mediocre coach at three stops before ending his coaching career at Duke, 13-31 in four seasons. He later became AD at his alma mater.
As Meatloaf taught us, two of of three ain’t bad.
I should also mention that Wade brought Ellis “Dumpy” Hagler and Herschel Caldwell with him, both star players at ‘Bama before becoming coaches.