High School Career
McComb High School (1955-1956)
• All-America football lineman (’55)
• All Big Eight football, basketball, and track (’55)
• Big Eight Most Outstanding lineman (’55)
• Co-Captain, Miss. High School All-Star team (’56)
College Career
University of Mississippi (1956-1960)
• National Champions (’59; Berryman, Dunkel, Billingsley, Sagarin)
• Grantland Rice Trophy National Champions (’60; Football Writers, DeVoid, Dunkel, Football Research, National Championship Foundation)
• SEC Champion (’60)
• Sugar Bowl Champions (’59, ‘60)
• Gator Bowl Champions (’58)
• Team of the Decade (’59)
Coaching Career
• Assistant Football Coach, R.H. Watkins High School (1966)
• Defensive Coach, Davidson College, (1967)
• Assistant Football Coach and Linebacker Coach, Georgia Teach (1968-1970)
• Sun Bowl Champions (’70)
• Defensive Line Coach, University of Mississippi (’71-’73)
• Peach Bowl Champions (’71)
Athletic Director Career
University of Mississippi (1974-1994)
• Assistant Athletic Director and Director of Rebel Recruiting (1974-1977)
• Athletic Director (1978-1994)
• Athletic Director, University of Louisiana Monroe (1999-2001)
Hall of Fame Memberships
• Ole Miss Athletic Hall of Fame (1999)
• Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (2003)
Did You Know?
From 1958-1971, Warner Alford went to five bowl games (three as a player and two as a coach) and his teams won all five games. In 1960, he was co-captain of the national Champion Ole Miss Rebels along with MSHOF member, Jake Gibbs.
