Cecil "Hootie" Ingram was born on September 2, 1933 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He 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 ten. He returned the interceptions for 163 yards, two of them for touchdowns. It is as an administrator that Hootie Ingram has become most prominent. For eight years he served on the Southeastern Conference staff, and nine years as athletic director at Florida State University. On September 13, 1989, Cecil W. "Hootie" Ingram returned to the University of Alabama as Director of Athletics. He now resides in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.