Alabama fans didn’t know it at the time, but going into the 2015 college football season, Nick Saban had assembled a coaching staff that was going to do great things. Even analysts and graduate assistants continue to climb the training ladder.
Last week, Eric Kiesau was promoted to offensive coordinator for Auburn and Jody Wright was named Tight Ends coach for South Carolina.
2015 ALABAMA COACHING STAFF
| NAME | POSITION 2015 | CURRENT POSITION |
| Nick Saban | The head coach | Head Coach, Alabama |
| Lane Kiffin | Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks | Head Coach, Ole Miss |
| Smart Kirby | Defensive coordinator, inside linebackers | Head Coach, Georgia |
| Mario Cristobal | offensive line | Head Coach, Miami-FL |
| Billy Napier | Wide Receivers | Head Coach, Florida |
| Mel Tucker | Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Backs | Head Coach, Michigan State |
| Tosh Lupoi | Outside linebackers | Defensive Coordinator, Oregon |
| Bo Davis | defensive line | Defensive Line Coach, Texas |
| burton burns | Associate Head Coach, Running Backs | outgoing |
| Bobby Williams | Tight wings and special teams | Outgoing? |
| Scott Cochran | Strength and Conditioning | Special Teams Coordinator, Georgia |
Counting Saban, that’s six current head coaches on Power-5 teams. If you include former Alabama GA Dan Lanning, the total comes to seven.
You won’t find a complete list of off-court personnel from the 2015 Crimson Tide National Championship below, but it’s a good representation.
| NAME | POSITION 2015 | CURRENT POSITION |
| Dan Lanning | Graduate Assistant | Head Coach, Oregon |
| Glenn Schuman | Director of Football Player Development | Defensive Co-Coordinator, Georgia |
| Freddie Roach | Director of Football Player Development | Defensive Line Coach, Alabama |
| Kerry Stevenson | Director of Football Player Development | Vice President of Miles College |
| Aazaar Abdul-Rahim | Associate Director of Player Personnel | Defensive Backs Coach, Boston College |
| Eric Kiesau | Analyst | Offensive Coordinator, Auburn |
| Charlie Weis Jr. | Analyst | Offensive Coordinator, Ole Miss |
| Brendan Farrell | Analyst | Assistant Special Teams Coach, Dolphins |
| Kerry Colbert | Analyst | Wide Receiver Coach, Florida |
| Wes neighbors | Analyst | Safety Coach, Maryland |
| Guillaume Vlachos | Analyst | Would head to central Michigan to coach OL |
| Doug Belk | Graduate assistant | Defensive Coordinator, Houston |
| Rob Ezell | Graduate assistant | Tight Ends Coach, South Alabama |
PLAYERS
In addition to the coaching staff, the players have also done well.
| PLAYER | POS | YEAR PROJECT | DR | TAKE | GLOBALLY | DRAFTED TEAM | ETC. | NFL ROSTER |
| Jonathan Allen | OF | 2017 | 1 | 17 | 17 | Washington Redskins | Pro Bowl (2021) | X |
| Derrick Henry | RB | 2016 | 2 | 14 | 45 | Tennessee Titans | Pro Bowl (2019, 2020) | X |
| Marlon Humphrey | CC | 2017 | 1 | 16 | 16 | Baltimore Ravens | Pro Bowl (2019, 2020) | X |
| Minka Fitzpatrick | S | 2018 | 1 | 11 | 11 | Miami Dolphins | Pro Bowl (2019, 2020); Now PITT | X |
| ryan kelly | VS | 2016 | 1 | 18 | 18 | Indianapolis Colts | Pro Bowl (2019, 2020, 2021) | X |
| Eddie Jackson | S | 2017 | 4 | 5 | 112 | Chicago Bears | Pro Bowl (2018, 2019) | X |
| A’Shawn Robinson | DT | 2016 | 2 | 15 | 46 | Detroit Lions | Super Bowl LVI Champion – RAMS | X |
| OJ Howard | AND | 2017 | 1 | 19 | 19 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Super Bowl LV Champion – TB | X |
| Reggie Ragland | KG | 2016 | 2 | ten | 41 | Buffalo Tickets | Super Bowl LIV champion – KC; now NYG | X |
| cyrus jones | CC | 2016 | 2 | 29 | 60 | New England Patriots | Super Bowl LI–NE Champion | |
| Anfernee Jennings | KG | 2020 | 3 | 23 | 87 | New England Patriots | BORN | X |
| Kenyan drake | RB | 2016 | 3 | ten | 73 | Miami Dolphins | now with LVR | X |
| Jarran Roseau | DT | 2016 | 2 | 18 | 49 | Seattle Seahawks | now with KC | X |
| Ruben Foster | KG | 2017 | 1 | 31 | 31 | San Francisco 49ers | FA | |
| ArDarius Stewart | WR | 2017 | 3 | 15 | 79 | New York Jets | CFL | |
| ryan anderson | OLB | 2017 | 2 | 17 | 49 | Washington Redskins | FA | |
| Dalvin Tomlinson | DT | 2017 | 2 | 23 | 55 | New York Giants | now with MIN | X |
| Tim Williams | OF | 2017 | 3 | 14 | 78 | Baltimore Ravens | CFL | |
| Cam Robinson | TO | 2017 | 2 | 2 | 34 | Jacksonville Jaguars | JAX | X |
| Calvin Riley | WR | 2018 | 1 | 26 | 26 | Atlanta Falcons | ATL? | X |
| Hand of Da’Shawn | OF | 2018 | 4 | 14 | 114 | Detroit Lions | now with TENN | X |
| Bo Scarbrough | RB | 2018 | 7 | 18 | 236 | Dallas Cowboys | FA | |
| Ronnie Harrison | S | 2018 | 3 | 29 | 93 | Jacksonville Jaguars | now with KEY | X |
| JK Scott | P | 2018 | 5 | 35 | 172 | Green Bay Packers | now with JAX | X |
| Shaun Dion Hamilton | KG | 2018 | 6 | 23 | 197 | Washington Redskins | now with DET | X |
| Anthony Avertette | CC | 2018 | 4 | 18 | 118 | Baltimore Ravens | BALT | X |
| Rachaan Evans | KG | 2018 | 1 | 22 | 22 | Tennessee Titans | TENNESSEE | X |
| Joshua Frazier | DT | 2018 | 7 | 28 | 246 | Pittsburgh Steelers | FA | |
| Bradley Bozeman | VS | 2018 | 6 | 41 | 215 | Baltimore Ravens | BALT | X |
| Da’ron Payne | NT | 2018 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Washington Redskins | WASHING | X |
| Deionte Thompson | S | 2019 | 5 | 1 | 139 | Arizona Cardinals | A-Z | X |
| Damien Harris | RB | 2019 | 3 | 24 | 87 | New England Patriots | BORN | X |
| Christian Miller | KG | 2019 | 4 | 13 | 115 | Carolina Panthers | FA | |
| Ross Pierschbacher | OG | 2019 | 5 | 15 | 153 | Washington Redskins | now with NYJ | X |
| Tony Brown | comics | not drafted | now with LVR | X | ||||
| Levi Wallace | comics | not drafted | BALT | X | ||||
| J.-C. Hassenauer | LO | not drafted | now with PITT | X | ||||
| Derrick Gore | RB | not drafted | now with KC | X | ||||
| Robert Foster | WR | not drafted | now with DAL | X | ||||
| Camera Sims | WR | not drafted | WASHING | X | ||||
| Cotton Lester | LO | not drafted | LVR | X | ||||
| Mekhi Brown | KG | not drafted | USFL | |||||
| Bradley Sylve | comics | not drafted | USFL | |||||
| Cole Mazza | NS | not drafted | FA |
BACK QUARTER ROOM
A Twitter brawl between former Tide Signal callers recently broke out. It is to the credit of this coaching staff and teammates that this quarterback room managed to earn a ring.
- Jake Cocker
- Cooper Bateman
- Alec Morris
- Blake Barnett/David Cornwell
