Meet The Alabama Crimson Tide Football Coaching Staff
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| UA Head Football Coach Nick Saban Working The Sidelines Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
Head Football Coach
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| Nick Saban Head Football Coach University of Alabama Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
In his tenth season at the helm of The University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team, head coach Nick Saban has once again brought the Bama football program back to national prominence. Saban has captured four College Football National Championships over the past seven years, with the last being the defeat of Atlantic Coast Conference Power Clemson Tigers 45-40 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on the night of January 10th of this year.
Saban was he first coach to win back-to-back BCS national championships and has won five titles in his last 11 years of coaching college football (four at Alabama and one at LSU). He is one of only three college coaches in the poll era (since 1936) to win three national championships in four years, joining Frank Leahy of Notre Dame (1946-47, 1949) as well as Tom Osborne of Nebraska (1994-95, 1997). He is also just the second (Leahy) to win four titles in seven years. Saban is only the second coach in the poll era to win five national championships, with the other coach also representing The University of Alabama, Paul “Bear” Bryant.
A native of Fairmont, West Virginia, Nick Saban is a 1973 graduate of Kent State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business. He earned a master’s degree in sports administration from Kent State in 1975. Born October 31, 1951, Saban and his wife, the former Terry Constable, have two children, Nicholas and Kristen. Nick and Ms. Terry have been married for 44 years and are enjoying the company of their first grandchild, a granddaughter, Amélie, a daughter-in-law Kelsé and son-in-law Adam Setas.
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Offensive Coordinator & Quarterbacks Coach
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| Lane Kiffin Offensive Coordinator Quarterbacks Coach Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
Alabama football offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin joined the Crimson Tide staff on January 10, 2014 as the OC and quarterbacks coach. For all Kifin has done for Bama, he was selected as a finalist for the 2014 Frank Broyles Award, which goes to the country’s best assistant coach.
One of Kiffin's first responsibilities as the new guy running the quarterbacks and the entire offense was to select a quarterback and develop him for the 2014 season. That quarterback was Blake Sims. Sims was asked to fill the shoes of three-year starter A.J. McCarron who had graduated and left to play in the National Football League. Sims set a new school record in passing yards with 3,487 yards, while leading the Tide to 3,837 yards of total offense. He completed 64.5 percent of his passes, and was ranked fourth nationally in total QBR and seventh in passing efficiency.
He then had to pull another rabbit out of his hat in 2015, developing senior quarterback Jake Coker who led the Tide to their 16th National Championship. Coker threw for 3,110 yards (the second-most in school history) with 21 touchdowns.
Kiffin graduated from Fresno State in 1998 after playing quarterback for three seasons for the Bulldogs (1994-96). He began his coaching career as a student assistant at Fresno State under Pat Hill in 1997 and 1998, then went to Colorado State in 1999 as offensive line assistant. Kiffin spent the 2000 season as defensive quality control assistant with the Jacksonville Jaguars under Tom Coughlin.
He attended Bloomington (Minnesota) Jefferson High, where he played football, basketball and baseball.
Kiffin has two daughters, Landry and
Presley, as well as one son, Knox.
Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers Coach
The Alabama Crimson Tide hired Rainsville, Alabama native Jeremy Pruitt away from Georgia as its next defensive coordinator to replace Kirby Smart, who is the new head coach at Georgia, for the 2016 season.
This was not Pruitt's first time with the Tide. He is a former Alabama defensive back, and spent three years coaching Tide defensive back from 2010-12. He is a blitz-minded DC, and expect to see an increase in the number and frequency of blitz packages for the upcoming season.
Pruitt's college coaching career spans Alabama, Florida State, Georgia and back to Alabama. He coached at numerous high schools in the state of Alabama. Another thing, Pruitt is a great recruiter.
He began his coaching career as a student assistant coach at Alabama during the 1997 season under defensive backs coach Curley Hallman. After one year on the UA staff, Pruitt then joined his dad’s staff at Plainview High School as defensive backs coach and defensive coordinator in 1998 and 2000. He spent one season as defensive backs coach at the University of West Alabama, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1999.
Pruitt played his college ball at both Middle Tennessee and Alabama. He began his career at Middle Tennessee under legendary football coach Boots Donnelly, where he was a two-year starter at safety and cornerback for the Blue Raiders.
He then transferred to the University of Alabama after his sophomore season, where he played for two seasons under coach Gene Stallings.
Pruitt is married to the former Casey East and the couple have one son, Jayse.
Associate Head Coach/Running Backs Coach
In his 10th season with the Alabama Crimson Tide football program, Burton Burns has seen and been a part of the ascension of Bama once again to national prominence having been a part of National Championships 12. 13. 14. and 15. Beginning this season Burns is the associate head coach as well as the running backs coach. In 2008 Burns was named the Football Scoop Running Backs Coach of the Year. In 2011 he was named by ESPN The Magazine as one of the nation's top recruiters in all of college sports.
Burns has been in college coaching now for 20 years. As an assistant coach at Clemson for eight seasons before coming to Alabama, Burns was a major factor in producing six of the top-10 offenses in Clemson history.
Prior to his eight seasons with head coach Tommy Bowden at Clemson, spent four years Burns spent four years at Tulane that concluded with a 12-0 season in 1998. Before that he spent nine seasons as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Saint Augustine High School in New Orleans, Louisiana before joining Bowden’s staff at Tulane.
Burns is married to the former Connie Winder. The couple has three daughters, Amber, Christy and Erin, and a son Damon. They have one granddaughter, Kendal Mackenzie, one grandson Braylon and a son-in-law Sylvester Anderson.
Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line Coach
Now in his fourth season at the University of Alabama, Mario Cristobal is in his fourth season on the Alabama coaching staff as the assistant head coach and offensive line coach. Prior to coming to Alabama, Cristobal had been the head coach at Florida International University (FIU) for six years (2007-12).
Prior to serving as the head coach at FIU, Cristobal coached at Miami for three years under head coach Larry Coker. Before Miami, he served at Rutgers.
Cristobal's coaching career began with the Miami Hurricanes as a graduate assistant for three years under Butch Davis.
A four-year letter-winner for the University of Miami from 1988-92, Cristobal played for Hall of Fame coach Jimmy Johnson and Dennis Erickson. Following his college playing career, Cristobal signed a free-agent contract with the Denver Broncos in 1994. He played for the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe in 1995 and 1996.
Cristobal played his high school ball at Christopher Columbus High School in Miami. He graduated from Miami in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and later earned a master’s degree from Miami in 2001.
Cristobal and his wife Jessica were married in June of 2006 and have two sons, Mario Mateo and Rocco.
Ansley steps into a talent-rich group in the Tide secondary for this season. Returning for 2016 are safeties Eddie Jackson and Ronnie Harrison, as well as cornerbacks Marlon Humphrey and Minkah Fitzpatrick. The defensive backs unit led the SEC and ranked 10th
nationally in interceptions with 19 while ranking eighth in pass
efficiency defense.
Ansley spent the past three seasons at the University of Kentucky as the cornerbacks coach (2013-14), secondary coach (2015) and was promoted to co-defensive coordinator for the 2016 season before accepting the position with Saban and the Tide.
He graduated in 2005 from Troy with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism, and during his time as a graduate assistant at Alabama he worked toward his master’s degree in sports management in the human environmental sciences college.
A native of Tallassee, Alabama, Ansley and his wife Alaea have a daughter, Selena.
Lupoi's crew returns several
experienced veterans at outside linebacker including seniors Tim
Williams and Ryan Anderson along with junior Rashaan Evans. Those three combined for 20.5 sacks last season. Alabama and Lupoi, however, must replace Denzel Devall
and Dillon Lee who combined for 32 career starts.
Lupoi was the Rivals Recruiter of the Year in 2010 and helped Cal to signing classes that ranked No. 11 nationally in 2011 and No. 14 in 2010. He helped develop multiple NFL draft picks during his time there.
As a player, Lupoi was a defensive lineman for the Cal Bears from 2000-05, leading the defensive line in tackles in 2003 and earned Pac-10 All-Academic recognition in 2005. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in American studies in 2005 and completed coursework toward a master’s in education.
Lupoi played his high school football at De La Salle, known as one of the most successful programs in the history of prep football. His father, John Lupoi, played collegiate football at Brigham Young and was later a part-time assistant coach at Cal.
Napier began his coaching career as a graduate assistant for the Clemson Tigers in 2003-04. In 2003, he worked with video coordinating. The following
season, Napier was the on-field graduate assistant on defense, and
gained his first experience with recruiting off the field.
As a player, Napier was a four-year letterman and two-time All-Southern Conference selection as the starting quarterback at Furman. He was instrumental in winning two conference championships and in 2001, Napier’s junior year, advanced to the Division I-AA national championship game, losing to Montana. He set a school record completing 64.8 percent of his career passes. As the team captain during a record-setting senior season, Napier rolled up 2,475 passing yards, also a Furman record, and was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, given annually to the nation’s most outstanding FCS offensive player.
Napier graduated from Murray County High School in 1998. He is married to the former Ali Gunn and the couple has a daughter Annie and a son Sammy Nelson.
In 2012, 2013 and 2014, Key was selected as a national nominee for the Broyles Award, which is given out to the top assistant coach in college football.
Key began his coaching career at Georgia Tech in 2001 as the offensive graduate assistant coach under George O'Leary. He worked at Western Carolina in 2004, coaching the tight ends and running backs.
Key is a native of Trussville, Alabama and earned All-State honors at Hewitt-Trussville High School. Key graduated from Georgia Tech in 2001 with a degree in management.
Bobby Williams is now in his ninth season in Tuscaloosa as the Crimson Tide's tight ends coach and special teams coordinator. Williams is definitely a veteran coach possessing both college and NFL experience, He has been with Saban a long time, and is in fact a member of head coach Nick
Saban’s coaching staff for the fourth time in his career, also working
together at Michigan State, LSU and with the Miami Dolphins.
Williams is one of the coaches at UA with head coaching experience, having followed Saban as the head coach at Michigan State and served in that post from 2000-02. He led the Spartans to a victory over Florida in the 2000 Citrus Bowl after the 1999 season in his first game as the school’s head coach. He also guided Michigan State to a 7-5 mark in 2001, his second full season as head coach. That season culminated with a victory over Fresno State in the Silicon Valley Football Classic. He became the first coach in Michigan State history to lead his team to victories in his first two bowl appearances.
Williams is a 1982 graduate of Purdue, where he earned his degree in general management and was a four-year letterman for the Boilermakers. He started out at running back before moving to the secondary where he started his final three seasons. A tri-captain as a senior in 1981, Williams was a part of three bowl teams as a player. He then served one year (1982) as a graduate assistant at Purdue.
A native of St. Louis, Williams and his wife Sheila have a daughter Nataly and a son Nicholas.
Nationally regarded as one of the best strength and conditioning coaches in the country, Cochran is in his 10th season at Alabama. He received one of the highest honors in his field when he was named the 2011 Samson Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year, as featured in American Football Quarterly. He earlier was named the Samson Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year following the 2008 season.
Cochran implements Saban's off-season workout plan prior to the start of spring drills. That plan includes the well-known "Fourth Quarter Program", continuing to prepare the Tide athletes develop physically and mentally for that important end-of-the-game push.
Cochran oversees the $9 million facility, one of the largest venues of its kind in the country. It features 21,000-square feet on the first level and 16,000-square feet on the second level. The ground level comprises a weight room, highlighted by 20 combination racks that feature platforms built into the ground for a level surface that provides a safer training environment. The weight room has a state-of-the-art performance nutrition center to fuel Alabama student-athletes, plus physicians’ offices and strength and conditioning offices.
Prior to coaching in the NBA, Cochran worked for his alma mater Louisiana State as an assistant strength coach in 2003 (13-1, BCS national champions) and 2004 (9-3, Capital One Bowl). He was a graduate assistant in Baton Rouge from 2001-03. Cochran then was hired on to the full-time staff for the 2003-04 season.
A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Cochran received a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from LSU in 2001 and added a master’s degree in sports management from LSU in 2003.
Cochran was born on March 21, 1979, and is married to the former Cissy Schepens. They have three children, including one son Beau and two daughters, Savannah and Lucy.
Wright has been at Mississippi State as a graduate assistant and eventually the director of football operations, and two stops at UAB as assistant head coach/running backs/recruiting coordinator and then Jacksonville State in 2013 handling passing game/recruiting coordinator duties.
Wright played running back at Jacksonville State, where he earned his undergraduate degree in 2005. He played his high school football at Pickens Academy for his father, Lynn Wright, and was a member of three undefeated state championship teams.
Wright is married to the former Meredith Hocutt of Tuscaloosa.
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| Lane Kiffin Photo Credit: RollTide.com/Robert Sutton |
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Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers Coach
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| Jeremy Pruitt Defensive Coordinator Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
The Alabama Crimson Tide hired Rainsville, Alabama native Jeremy Pruitt away from Georgia as its next defensive coordinator to replace Kirby Smart, who is the new head coach at Georgia, for the 2016 season.
This was not Pruitt's first time with the Tide. He is a former Alabama defensive back, and spent three years coaching Tide defensive back from 2010-12. He is a blitz-minded DC, and expect to see an increase in the number and frequency of blitz packages for the upcoming season.
Pruitt's college coaching career spans Alabama, Florida State, Georgia and back to Alabama. He coached at numerous high schools in the state of Alabama. Another thing, Pruitt is a great recruiter.
He began his coaching career as a student assistant coach at Alabama during the 1997 season under defensive backs coach Curley Hallman. After one year on the UA staff, Pruitt then joined his dad’s staff at Plainview High School as defensive backs coach and defensive coordinator in 1998 and 2000. He spent one season as defensive backs coach at the University of West Alabama, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1999.
Pruitt played his college ball at both Middle Tennessee and Alabama. He began his career at Middle Tennessee under legendary football coach Boots Donnelly, where he was a two-year starter at safety and cornerback for the Blue Raiders.
He then transferred to the University of Alabama after his sophomore season, where he played for two seasons under coach Gene Stallings.
Pruitt is married to the former Casey East and the couple have one son, Jayse.
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| Jeremy Pruitt At First Spring Practice Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
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Associate Head Coach/Running Backs Coach
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| Burton Burns Associate Head Coach Running Backs Coach Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
In his 10th season with the Alabama Crimson Tide football program, Burton Burns has seen and been a part of the ascension of Bama once again to national prominence having been a part of National Championships 12. 13. 14. and 15. Beginning this season Burns is the associate head coach as well as the running backs coach. In 2008 Burns was named the Football Scoop Running Backs Coach of the Year. In 2011 he was named by ESPN The Magazine as one of the nation's top recruiters in all of college sports.
Burns has been in college coaching now for 20 years. As an assistant coach at Clemson for eight seasons before coming to Alabama, Burns was a major factor in producing six of the top-10 offenses in Clemson history.
Prior to his eight seasons with head coach Tommy Bowden at Clemson, spent four years Burns spent four years at Tulane that concluded with a 12-0 season in 1998. Before that he spent nine seasons as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Saint Augustine High School in New Orleans, Louisiana before joining Bowden’s staff at Tulane.
Burns is married to the former Connie Winder. The couple has three daughters, Amber, Christy and Erin, and a son Damon. They have one granddaughter, Kendal Mackenzie, one grandson Braylon and a son-in-law Sylvester Anderson.
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| Burton Burns Steely Gaze Twitter Photo |
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Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line Coach
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| Mario Cristobal Assistant Head Coach Offensive Line Coach Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
Now in his fourth season at the University of Alabama, Mario Cristobal is in his fourth season on the Alabama coaching staff as the assistant head coach and offensive line coach. Prior to coming to Alabama, Cristobal had been the head coach at Florida International University (FIU) for six years (2007-12).
Prior to serving as the head coach at FIU, Cristobal coached at Miami for three years under head coach Larry Coker. Before Miami, he served at Rutgers.
Cristobal's coaching career began with the Miami Hurricanes as a graduate assistant for three years under Butch Davis.
A four-year letter-winner for the University of Miami from 1988-92, Cristobal played for Hall of Fame coach Jimmy Johnson and Dennis Erickson. Following his college playing career, Cristobal signed a free-agent contract with the Denver Broncos in 1994. He played for the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe in 1995 and 1996.
Cristobal played his high school ball at Christopher Columbus High School in Miami. He graduated from Miami in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and later earned a master’s degree from Miami in 2001.
Cristobal and his wife Jessica were married in June of 2006 and have two sons, Mario Mateo and Rocco.
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| Mario Cristobal Doin' His Sideline Thing Photo Credit: sbnation.com |
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Defensive Line Coach
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| Karl Dunbar Defensive Line Coach |
Karl Dunbar joined The University of Alabama coaching staff in about mid-May of this year. He is in charge of the defensive line.
Dunbar spent 11 of the last 12 years in the NFL as a defensive line coach, most recently with the Buffalo Bills in 2015 under head coach Rex Ryan. Prior to that he spent three seasons under Ryan with the New York Jets, also as defensive line coach. He also did time with Minnesota and Chicago.
On the collegiate level Dunbar earned his stripes with the likes of LSU, Oklahoma State and Nicholls State.
Dunbar is a native of Opelousas, Louisiana and played his college ball at LSU. He spent three years in the NFL, playing for Pittsburg, New Orleans and Arizona.
He graduated from LSU in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. He and his wife, Pamela, have three children, Karmichael MacKenzie II, Mickel Angelle and Nickolette Alyse.
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Defensive Backs Coach
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| Derrick Ansley Defensive Backs Coach Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
Joining the Crimson Tide coaching staff as recently as February of this year, Derrick Ansley is the defensive backs coach for Saban. Ansley spent the past four
seasons as a secondary coach at the University of Tennessee (2012) and for the Kentucky Wildcats (2013-15)
after spending two years as a graduate assistant for Alabama during the
2010 and 2011 seasons.
Ansley spent the past three seasons at the University of Kentucky as the cornerbacks coach (2013-14), secondary coach (2015) and was promoted to co-defensive coordinator for the 2016 season before accepting the position with Saban and the Tide.
He graduated in 2005 from Troy with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism, and during his time as a graduate assistant at Alabama he worked toward his master’s degree in sports management in the human environmental sciences college.
A native of Tallassee, Alabama, Ansley and his wife Alaea have a daughter, Selena.
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| Derrick Ansley Working It Photo Credit: AL.com |
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Outside Linebackers Coach
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| Tosh Lupoi Outside Linebackers Coach Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
Starting his second season with the Alabama Crimson Tide, Tosh Lupoi handles the outside linebackers. He was previously an analyst for the Tide during the 2014 season
after having spent the previous six years at California and Washington.
Lupoi was the Rivals Recruiter of the Year in 2010 and helped Cal to signing classes that ranked No. 11 nationally in 2011 and No. 14 in 2010. He helped develop multiple NFL draft picks during his time there.
As a player, Lupoi was a defensive lineman for the Cal Bears from 2000-05, leading the defensive line in tackles in 2003 and earned Pac-10 All-Academic recognition in 2005. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in American studies in 2005 and completed coursework toward a master’s in education.
Lupoi played his high school football at De La Salle, known as one of the most successful programs in the history of prep football. His father, John Lupoi, played collegiate football at Brigham Young and was later a part-time assistant coach at Cal.
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| Tosh Lupoi Let's Get It Photo Credit: 247Sports |
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Wide Receivers Coach
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| Billy Napier Wide Receivers Coach Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
A native of Chatsworth, Georgia, Billy Napier is now in his fourth season with Nick Saban and the Alabama coaching staff as
wide receivers coach. Napier joined the Crimson Tide after having served as the assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach at Colorado
State in 2012 for former Tide offensive coordinator Jim McElwain. Napier served as an offensive analyst for Bama in 2011.
As a player, Napier was a four-year letterman and two-time All-Southern Conference selection as the starting quarterback at Furman. He was instrumental in winning two conference championships and in 2001, Napier’s junior year, advanced to the Division I-AA national championship game, losing to Montana. He set a school record completing 64.8 percent of his career passes. As the team captain during a record-setting senior season, Napier rolled up 2,475 passing yards, also a Furman record, and was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, given annually to the nation’s most outstanding FCS offensive player.
Napier graduated from Murray County High School in 1998. He is married to the former Ali Gunn and the couple has a daughter Annie and a son Sammy Nelson.
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| Billy Napier Photo Credit: SaturdayDownSouth |
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Offensive Line Guards & Centers Coach
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| Brent Key OL Guards & Centers Coach Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
Brent Key came to the Crimson Tide football staff in February of this year to coach both guards and centers on the offensive line. He spent the past 11 seasons as an assistant coach at Central
Florida. He was a graduate assistant there in 2005, was offensive lines coach of six seasons, recruiting coordinator for a split term, coached tight ends from 2006-08 and added special teams coordinator to his resume in 2008. He then served as the Knights' offensive
coordinator and running backs coach in 2015.
In 2012, 2013 and 2014, Key was selected as a national nominee for the Broyles Award, which is given out to the top assistant coach in college football.
Key began his coaching career at Georgia Tech in 2001 as the offensive graduate assistant coach under George O'Leary. He worked at Western Carolina in 2004, coaching the tight ends and running backs.
Key is a native of Trussville, Alabama and earned All-State honors at Hewitt-Trussville High School. Key graduated from Georgia Tech in 2001 with a degree in management.
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Tight Ends Coach/Special Teams Coordinator
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| Bobby Williams Tight Ends Special Teams Coach Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
Williams is one of the coaches at UA with head coaching experience, having followed Saban as the head coach at Michigan State and served in that post from 2000-02. He led the Spartans to a victory over Florida in the 2000 Citrus Bowl after the 1999 season in his first game as the school’s head coach. He also guided Michigan State to a 7-5 mark in 2001, his second full season as head coach. That season culminated with a victory over Fresno State in the Silicon Valley Football Classic. He became the first coach in Michigan State history to lead his team to victories in his first two bowl appearances.
Williams is a 1982 graduate of Purdue, where he earned his degree in general management and was a four-year letterman for the Boilermakers. He started out at running back before moving to the secondary where he started his final three seasons. A tri-captain as a senior in 1981, Williams was a part of three bowl teams as a player. He then served one year (1982) as a graduate assistant at Purdue.
A native of St. Louis, Williams and his wife Sheila have a daughter Nataly and a son Nicholas.
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| Bobby Williams Photo Credit: The Birmingham News |
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Assistant Athletic Director For Strength & Conditioning
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| Scott Cochran Assistant Athletic Director Strength & Conditioning Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
Two-time national strength coach of the year, Scott Cochran, joined the Alabama coaching staff under Nick Saban in 2007 having previously spent three seasons with the New Orleans Hornets of the NBA as assistant strength coach. Cochran serves the Tide in the capacity of Assistant Athletic Director for Strength and Conditioning. He has been with Saban on all five of his national championship teams, including at LSU in 2003.
Nationally regarded as one of the best strength and conditioning coaches in the country, Cochran is in his 10th season at Alabama. He received one of the highest honors in his field when he was named the 2011 Samson Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year, as featured in American Football Quarterly. He earlier was named the Samson Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year following the 2008 season.
Cochran implements Saban's off-season workout plan prior to the start of spring drills. That plan includes the well-known "Fourth Quarter Program", continuing to prepare the Tide athletes develop physically and mentally for that important end-of-the-game push.
Cochran oversees the $9 million facility, one of the largest venues of its kind in the country. It features 21,000-square feet on the first level and 16,000-square feet on the second level. The ground level comprises a weight room, highlighted by 20 combination racks that feature platforms built into the ground for a level surface that provides a safer training environment. The weight room has a state-of-the-art performance nutrition center to fuel Alabama student-athletes, plus physicians’ offices and strength and conditioning offices.
Prior to coaching in the NBA, Cochran worked for his alma mater Louisiana State as an assistant strength coach in 2003 (13-1, BCS national champions) and 2004 (9-3, Capital One Bowl). He was a graduate assistant in Baton Rouge from 2001-03. Cochran then was hired on to the full-time staff for the 2003-04 season.
A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Cochran received a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from LSU in 2001 and added a master’s degree in sports management from LSU in 2003.
Cochran was born on March 21, 1979, and is married to the former Cissy Schepens. They have three children, including one son Beau and two daughters, Savannah and Lucy.
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| Scott Cochran Doin' What He Do Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
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Director Of Football Operations
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| Justin Dickens Director Of Football Operations Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
Justin Dickens joined the University of Alabama football staff in February 2016. He serves Nick Saban and the university as Director of Football Operations.
Prior to coming to Alabama, Dickens was with Michigan, Georgia and the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League.
He earned a bachelor of science degree in public relations from Austin Peay State University in 2003. He then completed work on his master's degree in education (sports management) in 2004 from Georgia.
Dickens and his wife, Kaylee, have a son named Jacoby.
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Director Of Player Personnel
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| Jody Wright Director of Player Personnel Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
Jody Wright is the director of player personnel for head coach Nick Saban and the Alabama football program. Wright had previously served at UA a a graduate assistant in 2010, and then offensive analyst 2011-12.
As director of player personnel, Wright will be responsible for the organization of all recruiting efforts. Wright will also work with compliance regarding initial eligibility and assist with coaching clinics, camps and other on-campus events.
Wright has been at Mississippi State as a graduate assistant and eventually the director of football operations, and two stops at UAB as assistant head coach/running backs/recruiting coordinator and then Jacksonville State in 2013 handling passing game/recruiting coordinator duties.
Wright played running back at Jacksonville State, where he earned his undergraduate degree in 2005. He played his high school football at Pickens Academy for his father, Lynn Wright, and was a member of three undefeated state championship teams.
Wright is married to the former Meredith Hocutt of Tuscaloosa.
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| Home Sweet Home Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
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New SEC Tagline Unveiled "It Just Means More"
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| New Southeastern Conference Tagline |
The Southeastern Conference kicked off its annual SEC Media Days yesterday. Though ordinarily the news centers around the 14 member institutions, players and coaches there was some news coming from the conference itself. The SEC unveiled a new conference tagline, "It Just Means More."
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Blake Barnett Congratulates Tagovailoa
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| Alabama QB Blake Barnett Photo Credit: RollTide.com |
Alabama Crimson Tide redshirt freshman quarterback Blake Barnett tweeted out a congratulatory message to 6' 1", 215-pound Hawaiian quarterback prospect Tua Tagovailoa after the young quarterback prospect was named MVP of the 7-on-7 tournament.
Barnett shares a few things in common with the young prospect, including being a highly touted quarterback coming out of high school. Barnett himself won the MVP of the Elite 11 quarterback competition in 2014.
Concerning Tagovailoa, 247Sports director of scouting, Barton Simmons, wrote, "He had the steadiest hand of any quarterback I've ever seen at The Opening, and watching him throw the football was like watching an artist go to work."
According to 247Sports Composite Rankings, Tagovailoa is the No. 2 dual-threat quarterback in the class and the No. 60 player overall.
