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2014 ALABAMA COACHING STAFF
INTRODUCTION
THIS IS ALABAMA Coaching Staff / Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Pronunciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Quick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Athletics Communications Personnel . . . . . 3 Media Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ON THE GRIDIRON 2014 Alabama Football Preview . . . . . . 6-13 2014 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15 2014 Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17 2013 Final Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-22 THE CRIMSON TIDE Returning Player Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-58 Non-Scholarship Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Newcomer Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-66 COACHING PERSONNEL Head Coach Nick Saban . . . . . . . . . . . 68-75 Coaching Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-87 Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-90 UNIVERSITY The University of Alabama . . . . . . . . . 92-97 Director of Athletics Bill Battle . . . . . . . . . 98 Senior Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 A Day In The Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100-103 Academic Excellence . . . . . . . . . . . 104-105 Built for Bama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 TRADITIONS The Rise of the Tide . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul “Bear” Bryant . . . . . . . . . . . . . History of Bryant-Denny Stadium . . Football’s Top Bowl Team . . . . . . . . Alabama in the SEC . . . . . . . . . . . . Any Given Saturday. . . . . . . . . . . . . The Football Capital of the Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 National Championships . . . . . .
108-109 110-111 112-113 114-115 116-117 118-119 120-121 122-140
ALABAMA IN THE NFL Pipeline to the NFL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152-157 The NFL Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158-163 NFL Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164-165 NFL Pro Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 RECORDS Opponents Game-By-Game Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168-169 Alabama Record vs. All Opponents . . . . 170 Year-By-Year Results . . . . . . . . . . . . 171-188 Alabama Coaching Records . . . . . . . . . . 189 Crimson Tide Record Book . . . . . . . 190-205 What You Should Know. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Crimson Tide Sports Marketing . . . . . . . 207
2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL
Head Coach Associate Head Coach/Running Backs Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line Defensive Line Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Wide Receivers Defensive Coordinator/Secondary Special Assistant to Head Coach/Inside Linebackers Outside Linebackers Tight Ends/Special Teams Coordinator Director of Strength and Conditioning
2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL DIRECTORY Athletics Director Deputy Director of Athletics/Chief Operations Officer Executive Associate Athletics Director/Chief Financial Officer Senior Associate Athletics Director/Support Services Senior Associate Athletics Director/Technology Advancement Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator Associate Athletics Director/Compliance Associate Athletics Director/Student Services Associate Athletics Director/Business Associate Athletics Director/Football Communications Associate Athletics Director/Athletics Communications Assistant Athletics Director/Ticket Office and Tide Pride Faculty Athletics Representative Director of Football Operations
Bill Battle Shane Lyons Finus Gaston Kevin Almond Milton Overton Marie Robbins Jonathan Bowling Jon Dever Carol Park Jeff Purinton Douglas Walker Chris Besanceney Dr. Kevin Whitaker Joe Pannunzio
2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
HONORS & AWARDS The Heisman Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . 142-143 National Award Winners . . . . . . . . . 144-147 College Football Hall of Fame . . . . 148-149 All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
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Nick Saban (Kent State, 1973) Burton Burns (Nebraska, 1976) Mario Cristobal (Miami, 1993) Bo Davis (LSU, 1993) Lane Kiffin (Fresno State, 1998) Billy Napier (Furman, 2003) Kirby Smart (Georgia, 1999) Kevin Steele (Tennessee, 1981) Lance Thompson (The Citadel, 1987) Bobby Williams (Purdue, 1982) Scott Cochran (LSU, 2001)
Date Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29
Opponent vs. West Virginia# vs. Florida Atlantic vs. Southern Miss *vs. Florida *at Ole Miss *at Arkansas *vs. Texas A&M *at Tennessee *at LSU *vs. Mississippi State vs. Western Carolina *vs. Auburn
Site Atlanta, Ga. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Oxford, Miss. Fayetteville, Ark. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Knoxville, Tenn. Baton Rouge, La. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala.
*SEC Game • #Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic at the Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Ga.) Bold denotes home game
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE XZAVIER Dickson Malcolm FACIANE Ty FLOURNOY-Smith Kurt FREITAG J.C. HASSENAUER DOMINICK Jackson Derek KIEF KORREN KIRVEN ARIE KOUANDJIO Isaac LUATUA Ross PIERSCHBACHER JARRAN Reed Bradley SYLVE ALTEE TENPENNY Brian VOGLER
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