🏈 New Staff Members include new Dir. of FTBL Ops and Freddie Roach returns

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Alabama: Per source, former Michigan director of football operations Justin Dickens will join Nick Saban’s staff in the same capacity. Dickens served as Michigan’s public and media relations director from 2011-2013 and then served as DFO for the 2014 season. He worked for the Indianapolis Colts for seven seasons prior to joining Michigan, the final four seasons with the Colts his role was manager of publicity.

http://footballscoop.com/the-scoop

 

[alabama mike]

Welcome to the Tide family!

 

[PhillyGirl]

Nice. Welcome!

 

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Freddie Roach, who has coached outside linebackers and defensive ends for the past two seasons at South Alabama, is taking an unspecified position at Alabama, according to a FootballScoop.com report.

Roach played linebacker at Alabama from 2002-05 and has served previously at the Capstone as an assistant strength and conditioning coach from 2008-10. As the Crimson Tide currently has no on-field coaching positions open on Nick Saban's staff, it's likely his new position will be an off-field analyst or administrative position.

South Alabama spokesman Brian Fremund confirmed that Roach has left the staff at South Alabama.

Roach spent a year as an assistant at East Mississippi Community College in 2011 and served as defensive line coach and strength and conditioning assistant at Murray State in 2012 before coming to South Alabama, where he helped the Jaguars earn their first-ever bowl bid with a trip to the Camellia Bowl in 2014.

Roach is the fourth Jaguar assistant from Joey Jones' 2014 staff who is no longer with the team. Offensive coordinator Robert Matthews was dismissed after the season and replaced by former UAB offensive coordinator Bryant Vincent, and Jones dismissed tight ends coach John Turner and running backs coach Robby Brown last month.

Former UAB assistant Richard Owens replaced Turner as tight ends coach and former Alabama recruiting coordinator Tyler Siskey was hired as receivers coach, with former USA receivers coach now coaching running backs.

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Freddie Roach hired
Former Alabama star linebacker Freddie Roach has been hired by Nick Saban to work as an off the field player development coach. Roach has been at South Alabama the last few years.

https://alabama.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=427&tid=210727493&mid=210727493&sid=885&style=2

 

[TerryP]

Ya know, I'm surprised UGA didn't hire Roach after the season before last: no one better at knocking the ball down in pass defense. :doh2:

It appears he's going to be working with Smart and the ILB's—we need some quality development there!!

FWIW, right now the "support staff" in Tuscaloosa numbers around 275-280. If you are curious, that's roughly six times larger than what we had a quarter of a century ago.

 

[musso]

FWIW, right now the "support staff" in Tuscaloosa numbers around 275-280. If you are curious, that's roughly six times larger than what we had a quarter of a century ago.

Ha, the rise of the coaching-industrial complex.

 

[TerryP]

Ha, the rise of the coaching-industrial complex.

You might be surprised at how programs around the southeast are mimicking exactly what's been done in Tuscaloosa. As example, before Pruitt took the UGA position that staff had 10 or more former Saban staff members.

Right now, we're beginning to see Richt trying to transform the UGA program in the same type of model.

 

[planomateo]

Believe Mack Brown did the same thing his last few years at Texas.

 

[UAgrad93]

Two really good hires. Freddie was a guy that would stuff the run and was great and batting down interceptions!! LMAO

 

[TerryP]

Believe Mack Brown did the same thing his last few years at Texas.

He did...AFTER complaining about it after the BCSNC loss he turned around and followed suit.