- ABC News
- February 18, 2017
NFL coaching veteran Brian Daboll will be named Alabama's offense coordinator, sources told ESPN.com. Daboll spent the last three seasons as the New England Patriots' tight ends coach. He becomes Alabama's fifth different offensive coordinator since the conclusion of the 2011 season, when Jim McElwain left for the Colorado State head-coaching job. Daboll replaces Steve Sarkisian, whose only game as the Crimson Tide's offensive coordinator was the College Football Playoff National Championship loss to Clemson. Sarkisian, the former USC head coach, left earlier this month to be the Atlanta Falcons' offensive coordinator. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban has interviewed both Daboll and former Houston Texans offensive coordinator George Godsey in the last few weeks. Alabama co-offensive coordinator Mike Locksley was also a candidate for the job after being promoted from an offensive analyst's role. Daboll, 41, has spent 17 seasons in the NFL, the last four with the...