The celebrity speakers who've met with Alabama teams
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The celebrity speakers who’ve met with Alabama teams

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The roster of Alabama football preseason camp speakers runs quite the spectrum. From Michael Jordan to former Colombo mobster Michael Franzese, everyone brought their own message and life experience to the Crimson Tide meeting room.

This week, former pro baseball player Pete Rose was a headliner of the August speaking circuit. In that spirit, we combed through the archives to make as close to a complete list of preseason camp speakers who visited Tuscaloosa — or in 2020′s case, met via Zoom.

So here’s what we found for the past 10-plus years. Of course, there were more but these were the ones we could confirm.

2013

  • Ray Lewis, former pro football player
  • Herm Edwards, former pro football coach
  • Joe Girardi, former World Series champion player, manager of the New York Yankees

2014

2015

  • Lou Holtz, former football coach/ESPN analyst
  • Maurice Clarett, former Ohio State star RB
  • Derek Anderson, former pro basketball player

2016

  • Darryl Strawberry, former pro baseball player
  • Chris Herren, former college basketball player

2017

  • Charles Barkley, former pro basketball player/former Auburn star/sportscaster
  • Ryan Leaf, former pro football player
  • Jay Williams, former pro basketball player
  • Marcus Spears, former pro football player

2018

  • Kobe Bryant, former pro basketball player
  • Deontay Wilder, pro boxer
  • Gary Vaynerchuk, entrepreneur

2019

  • Mike Tyson, former pro boxer
  • Stephen A. Smith, ESPN commentator
  • Jay Bilas, ESPN analyst
  • Ray Rice, former NFL football player
  • Inky Johnson, motivational speaker/former Tennessee football player

2020

  • Michael Jordan, former pro basketball player
  • Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State
  • Charles Barkley, former pro basketball player

2021

  • Ernie Johnson, Sportscaster
  • Alex Rodriguez, former pro baseball player

2022

  • Maria Taylor
  • Michael Phelps, former Olympic gold medalist swimmer
  • Larry Fitzgerald, former pro football player
  • C.L. Shepherd, motivational speaker

2023

  • Pete Rose
  • C.L. Shepherd, motivational speaker