Herman L. "Bubba" Scott (April 24, 1927 â March 11, 2012) was an American football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Howard CollegeâÂÂnow known as Samford Universityâ in Homewood, Alabama from 1963 to 1965 and as the executive director of the Alabama High School Athletic Association from 1966 to 1990.