13 Notable alumni of
University of West Alabama
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The University of West Alabama is 2665th in the world, 932nd in North America, and 882nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from the University of West Alabama sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Malcolm Butler
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Malcolm Terel Butler is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. Butler played his first four seasons with the New England Patriots, who signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2014, and spent his next three seasons with the Tennessee Titans. After retiring ahead of the 2021 season, he returned to the Patriots the following year, but was released when he suffered a preseason injury.
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Jeremy Pruitt
- Occupations
- defensive coordinatorhead coachAmerican football coachplayer of American football
- Biography
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Jeremy Pruitt is an American football coach who most recently was a senior defensive assistant for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the head coach at the University of Tennessee from 2018 to 2020 and defensive coordinator at the University of Alabama from 2016 to 2017, University of Georgia from 2014 to 2015, and Florida State University in 2013.
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Jey Uso
- Enrolled in the University of West Alabama
- Studied in 2003-2005
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Joshua Samuel Fatu is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Jey Uso. He is a member of the renowned Anoaʻi family of Samoan professional wrestlers.
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Jimmy Uso
- Enrolled in the University of West Alabama
- Studied in 2003-2003
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Jonathan Solofa Fatu is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Jimmy Uso, and is a member of The Bloodline. He spent most of his career with his twin brother Jey Uso as The Usos. He is a member of wrestling's renowned Anoaʻi family. His bloodline includes his father Rikishi and his great uncles the Wild Samoans.
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Lois Wilson
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwriterbeauty pageant contestanttelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Lois Wilson was an American actress who worked during the silent film era. She also directed two short films and was a scenario writer.
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Lawrence Samuels
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Lawrence 'Law Dogg' Samuels is an arena football coach and former wide receiver/linebacker. He played his college football at the Livingston University, and was an AFL wide receiver/linebacker from 1994 to 2010. He received both his Bachelor of Science degree in industrial technology and Master of Science degree in education from The University of West Alabama. He was head coach of the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League (AFL) from 2014 to 2016.
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Jeff Branson
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jeffery Glenn Branson is an American former Major League Baseball infielder who is a Major League Baseball coach. He was the assistant hitting coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2013 and the hitting coach from 2014 until 2018. He is currently the hitting coach for the Toledo Mud Hens.
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Otha Foster
- Occupations
- player of American footballCanadian football player
- Biography
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Otha Foster III is an American former professional gridiron football defensive back. He played college football at West Alabama. He has been a member of the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens of the NFL, and the Toronto Argonauts, Edmonton Eskimos, Saskatchewan Roughriders and BC Lions of the CFL.
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Brett Gilliland
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Brett Gilliland is an American football coach. He is the head football coach for the University of West Alabama, a position he has held since 2014. Previously Gilliland played quarterback for the West Alabama Tigers from 2000 to 2003 where he set several school records. He began his coaching career in 2004 and held assistant coaching positions at West Alabama, Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern and Kennesaw State. Gilliland was announced as West Alabama's 21st head coach on December 9, 2013.
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Kirsten Reilly
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kirsten Jane Reilly is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Crystal Palace in the FA Women's Championship.
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Ruby Pickens Tartt
- Occupations
- writerpaintermusicianfolkloristlibrarian
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Ruby Pickens Tartt was an American folklorist, writer, and painter who is known for her work helping to preserve Southern black culture by collecting the life histories, stories, lore, and songs of former slaves for the Works Progress Administration and the Library of Congress. In 1980 she was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame.
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Geneva Mercer
- Occupations
- sculptorartist
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Geneva Mercer was an American artist from Alabama. Best known as a sculptor, she was also an accomplished painter in her later years. Although most of her early work with Italian sculptor Giuseppe Moretti was done under his name, her best known individual works include Joyous Boy, Pied Piper, the Flimp Fountain, and several Julia Tutwiler sculptures located at the Alabama Department of Archives and History, University of Alabama, and University of Montevallo. She was posthumously inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1989.
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Peterson Bryant Jarman
- Occupations
- clerkdiplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Peterson Bryant ″Pete″ Jarman was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
