Bama AD Byrne Tells Finebaum Of Coronavirus Experience

TUSCALOOSA, AL. — University of Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne spoke with the SEC Network's Paul Finebaum during his show Thursday afternoon, where he discussed testing positive for the novel coronavirus and the experience with the symptoms.

Byrne reportedly tested positive on Oct. 14 — the same day Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban also received an alleged false-positive. While Saban would remain asymptomatic and eventually test negative in the three days following his positive test, Byrne did experience symptoms.

"The first couple days I had a pretty constant fever," Byrne told the Paul Finebaum Show on Thursday, which marked his first public comments since testing positive. "The chills and the body aches went away and after 10 days I shouldn't be contagious anymore, but this has gone on longer than anything I've dealt with before."

Click here to subscribe to our daily email newsletters and breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox and mobile devices for free. You can also support local journalism by donating as little as $5 a month to become a supporting member or by downloading our free Patch mobile app.

Byrne also told the show that he understands now why those contracting the virus have had lingering issues with COVID-19.

"I know why the call is out there to try and be respectful to one another and I hope I don’t go through anything like this ever again because it is not a lot of fun," he said.

Follow Patch here for updates or on Facebook and Twitter.