Former Alabama and Texas A&M head coach Gene Stallings was taken back to the hospital by his wife on Monday, according to a Facebook post by Rick Karle of WBRC FOX6 News in Birmingham.

Stallings suffered what was described as a mild stroke last week, and he was hospitalized again Monday due to a spike in blood pressure. Karle spoke to Stallings and shared the following post on his Facebook page.

Gene Stallings update: Please pray for the former Alabama football coach as today (Monday) he was taken to an emergency room near his Paris, Texas home by his wife Ruth Ann. The good news? While the Stallings were concerned with a spike in blood pressure, the coach is resting comfortably. Mrs. Stallings tells me her husband has undergone some other tests, and the coach tells me that he will be kept in the hospital overnight. Coach Stallings told me over the weekend that he suffered a stroke last Thursday and I was sad to hear the coach tell me today that his peripheral vision in his right eye is not likely to return. The coach talked with me today from his hospital bed, and while he doesn’t want every detail of that conversation made public, he did grant me permission to post this snippet about his prognosis and his gratitude for all of the support he has received.

Karle also shared a snippet from that interview with Stallings from his hospital bed.

Last Thursday, Stallings was introducing Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney — his former player at Alabama — at a meeting of the board of directors of Great Southern Wood when he began to feel ill.

“I introduced Dabo (Swinney) as the speaker but I didn’t feel well at all. So, I went to the hospital and they determined that I’d had a stroke before the banquet,” Stallings said.

Following the stoke, Stallings returned to his home in Paris, Texas.

Stallings coached at Alabama from 1990-1996, finishing with a 70-16-1 record and winning the 1992 national championship, the 12th for the Tide. He finished his Texas A&M head coaching career 27-45-1 from 1965-1971. Stallings played for the Aggies from 1954-1956 and was a member of the “Junction Boys.”