Coaching Staff
Prior to the 2008 season, Alabama made several changes to its coaching staff. Alabama lost their tight ends and special teams coach, Ron Middleton, on January 4, 2008, when he was hired as assistant head coach for Duke and their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Major Applewhite, on January 16, 2008, when he was hired as running backs coach for Texas. During the following weeks, Saban named former Michigan State head coach Bobby Williams as his team's new as tight ends coach and special teams coordinator, and Jim McElwain from Fresno State as the new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Name | Position | Year at Alabama |
Alma Mater (Year) |
---|---|---|---|
Nick Saban | Head Coach | 2nd | Kent State (1973) |
Burton Burns | Associate Head Coach Running Backs | 2nd | Nebraska (1976) |
Joe Pendry | Assistant Head Coach- Offense /Offensive Line | 2nd | West Virginia (1969) |
Kirby Smart | Defense Coordinator /Secondary | 2nd | Georgia (1999) |
Jim McElwain | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks | 1st | Eastern Washington (1984) |
Kevin Steele | Associate Head Coach/Head Defensive Coach-Inside Linebackers | 2nd | Tennessee (1981) |
Curt Cignetti | Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator | 2nd | West Virginia (1983) |
Bobby Williams | Tight Ends/Special Teams | 1st | Purdue (1982) |
Bo Davis | Defensive Line | 2nd | LSU (1993) |
Lance Thompson | Outside Linebackers | 2nd | The Citadel (1987) |
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