University of West Alabama Athletics

O’Neal, a native of Reeltown, Ala., is the fourth leading rusher in UWA history with 1,873 yards from 1973-76. A devastating blocker in the Tigers’ wishbone attack, O’Neal also scored 18 touchdowns in his career and still owns the record for the longest touchdown reception, 94 yards against Southeastern Louisiana in 1974. He helped guide UWA to a third place finish in the nation in 1975. He has had an outstanding coaching career at Reeltown with two state championships and three runner-up trophies. He was an assistant coach at Reeltown for ten seasons prior to taking over as head coach. He has made the state playoffs 18 times and was the Coach of the Year in 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, and 2009. He was also an assistant coach on Reeltown’s 1987 state championship team. O’Neal was selected to be the Head Coach of the Alabama team in the Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Game in Mobile in 2009.