The first 15 months of Greg Byrne's Alabama tenure have been eventful. His stealthy hire to replace Bill Battle came on the heels of the Crimson Tide's national title loss to Clemson in January 2017.

Byrne's first year saw Alabama avenge what happened in Tampa, the firing of baseball coach Greg Goff and the low-awaited return to the NCAA tournament for the basketball program.

Only a fraction of those big topics was part of AL.com's "What Drives You" series sit down with Byrne. Reporter Lauren Sisler chatted with Byrne in his office, the Alabama weight room and in a drive around town in the AD's pickup truck.

They touched on what led Byrne to Alabama, his bloodlines in the business and the nickname he picked up as Mississippi State's AD nearly a decade ago. He also touched on his hour-long daily workouts in the massive weight room not far from his office.

"I always jokingly tell our student athletes I'm going to throw around some tic tacs while they throw around iron," he said.

Byrne also went a little deeper on his musical tastes saying he's probably the first Alabama AD to ever see Metallica live.

Take a look at the full interview above to hear more from Byrne talking Nick Saban, the Iron Bowl and Alabama's national title win over Georgia.