🏈 🔥 Hot Seat 2025 / Coaching Carousel: OL Coach Kap and Alabama part ways

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I wonder how the DL stuff is going to play out. I know Freddie is still listed as DL coach.....but wasn't Jamey Mosely brought in as DL coach as well?

Mosley just left, he is one off the analysts/position assistants that will have to be replaced.

 

[EasyTider]

So we will be sticking with our ST coach?

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

So we will be sticking with our ST coach?

Eating the buyouts of these guys is tuff. I think we lost 900k on the OL coach and the special team's guy will be around 500k

 

[EasyTider]

Eating the buyouts of these guys is tuff. I think we lost 900k on the OL coach and the special team's guy will be around 500k

Looking forward to another season of fair catches of punts and starting inside the 20 after kickoff returns.

 

[Justneedme81]

Eating the buyouts of these guys is tuff. I think we lost 900k on the OL coach and the special team's guy will be around 500k

Are you sure?
Alabama OC Ryan Grubb: $1 million; contract ends Feb. 28, 2027

Alabama DB coach Jason Jones: $250,000 (2025), $450,000 (2026); contract ends Feb. 28, 2027

Alabama LB coach Chuck Morrell: $600,000; contract ends Feb. 28, 2027

Alabama TE Coach Bryan Ellis: $600,000; contract ends Feb. 28, 2027

Alabama assistant head coach, RB coach Robert Gillespie: $850,000; contract ends Feb. 28, 2027

Alabama OL coach Chris Kapilovic: $925,000; contract ends Feb. 28, 2027

Alabama co-DC, DB coach Maurice Linguist: $975,000; contract ends Feb. 28, 2027

Alabama special teams coordinator Jay Nunez: $375,000 (2025), $400,000 (2026); contract ends Feb. 28, 2027

Alabama associate head coach, DL coach Freddie Roach: $1.2 million (2025), $1.3 million (2026); contract ends Feb. 28, 2027

Alabama OLB coach Christian Robinson: $700,000; contract ends Feb. 28, 2027

Alabama assistant head coach, co-OC, WR coach JaMarcus Shephard: $1.1 million; contract ends Feb. 28, 2027

Alabama GM Courtney Morgan: $825,000 (2025), $875,000 (2026); contract ends Dec. 31, 2027

Alabama director of player personnel Bob Welton: $295,000; contract ends Feb. 28, 2027

Alabama associate AD for health and performance Jeff Allen: $525,000; contract ends Feb. 29, 2028

Alabama strength and conditioning coach David Ballou: $950,000; contract ends Dec. 31, 2027

If I'm correct, your math is wrong. They're already paid for 2025.

 

[Justneedme81]

 

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[Justneedme81]

This tell me that they're serious about fixing the running game.

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

This tell me that they're serious about fixing the running game.

I really really like this hire.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I can't say for certain but my guess is it'll be like last season... 1 main OL coach (Klemm) and 2 offensive line assistants/analysts to help in practices and such. They'd have to replace one of them though, Kirk Barron, who went with Shephard to Oregon State to be his main OL coach.

I've seen the speculation/rumors that another OL "on the field" coach will be hired... maybe so, but I haven't heard that from anyone that I talk to. I think it might be more likely that whoever is hired as TE coach, has some OL coaching in the background but that's just a guess.

There it is...

• UAB (2012)
  Tight ends coach
• UAB (2013)
  Offensive coordinator & wide receivers coach
• UAB (2014)
  Tight ends coach
• South Alabama (2015)
  Tight ends coach
• South Alabama (2016–2017)
  Offensive line coach
• Louisville (2018)
  Tight ends coach
• UAB (2019–2021)
  Offensive line coach
• Georgia Southern (2022)
  Offensive line coach & run game coordinator
• Louisville (2023–present)
  Offensive line coach

 

[Justneedme81]

I really really like this hire.

Me too. I don't know what this means for RB coach. Hopefully he get a chance to show what he can do with retooled OL line. Now, we gotta fix the Special team issues.

 

[AirForceBamaFan]

Me too. I don't know what this means for RB coach. Hopefully he get a chance to show what he can do with retooled OL line. Now, we gotta fix the Special team issues.

And the defensive line issues

 

[Justneedme81]

And the defensive line issues

I actually think Roach improved and you could tell.

 

[AirForceBamaFan]

I actually think Roach improved and you could tell.

I’m just using the eye test…we haven’t had a good DL in years…at least not to the level it should be. That started under Saban, so not blaming CKD. Roach is a holdover and it hasn’t looked good to me…

 

[Secondand26]

I actually think Roach improved and you could tell.

I'm trying to remember the last really good D-Lineman that we've had. Maybe Phil Mathis?
My point is that a group of talented linemen will make a coach look MUCH better!

 

[Rolltide24]

I'm trying to remember the last really good D-Lineman that we've had. Maybe Phil Mathis?
My point is that a group of talented linemen will make a coach look MUCH better!

Agree. And we didn’t get a lot of push against Georgia nor Indiana at the end of the season. They both are our lunch, at least from my seat.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Bama DB analyst/assistant Tevin Madison moves on to Rice…

 

[musso]

I'm trying to remember the last really good D-Lineman that we've had. Maybe Phil Mathis?

If I remember correctly, Mathis stayed forever (5-6 years?) and barely contributed. I'd say Barimore. Even he was inconsistent, but he could be dominant at times. Noticed him playing in the Super Bowl.

 

[musso]

And we didn’t get a lot of push against Georgia nor Indiana at the end of the season.

Heard AJ talking on his and Trent's podcast, and he said it well I thought. We just ran out of gas at the end of the season. I think our offense performed too poorly for the defense to keep their intensity.