Gene Stallings, who coached Alabama to the 1992 national title, was near the campus Thursday on a more somber mission.
In a parking lot along mostly demolished 15th Street, Stallings stood over a grill and prepared hamburgers for emergency workers. Stallings, who now lives in Texas, was in Tuscaloosa for a golf tournament that had been canceled because of the storms.
"It just didn't feel right to play golf," Stallings said. "Since I was in town, I just wanted to help out how I could. I'm just out trying to make life a little bit better."
Bryant-Denny Stadium, meanwhile, was turned into a makeshift emergency management center. The city's regular facility was destroyed by the tornado.
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