introduction TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION
THIS IS ALABAMA Coaching Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athletic Department Directory. . . . . . . . . . 2016 Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quick Facts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athletics Communications Personnel. . . . . President Dr. Stuart Bell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Athletics Bill Battle. . . . . . . . . . Senior Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2016 ALABAMA COACHING STAFF 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5
ON THE GRIDIRON 2016 Spring Roster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Position Breakdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 THE CRIMSON TIDE Player Bios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40 Non-Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Newcomers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-45 COACHING PERSONNEL Head Coach Nick Saban. . . . . . . . . . . . 46-53 Coaching Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-66 Support Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-68 2015 SEASON IN REVIEW Stats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69-88 Game Recaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89-96
Nick Saban (Kent State, 1973) Head Coach Derrick Ansley (Troy, 2005) Secondary Burton Burns (Nebraska, 1976) Associate Head Coach/Running Backs Mario Cristobal (Miami, 1993) Assistant Head Coach/Tackles & Tight Ends/Recruiting Coord. Bo Davis (LSU, 1993) Defensive Line Brent Key (Georgia Tech, 2001) Offensive Line/Centers & Guards Lane Kiffin (Fresno State, 1998) Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Tosh Lupoi (California, 2005) Outside Linebackers Billy Napier (Furman, 2003) Wide Receivers Jeremy Pruitt (West Alabama, 1999) Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers Scott Cochran (LSU, 2001) Director of Strength and Conditioning Bobby Williams (Purdue, 1982) Special Assistant to the Head Coach
2016 ALABAMA FOOTBALL DIRECTORY Athletics Director Senior Executive Associate Athletics Director/Chief Financial Officer Executive Associate Athletics Director/Support Services Senior Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator Senior Associate Athletics Director/Development Senior Associate Athletics Director/Marketing & Football Communications Senior Associate Athletics Director/Communications Associate Athletics Director/Ticket Office and Tide Pride Associate Athletics Director/Compliance Associate Athletics Director/Student Services Associate Athletics Director/Marketing Associate Athletics Director/Business Associate Athletics Director/Major Gifts Faculty Athletics Representative Director of Football Operations
Bill Battle Finus Gaston Kevin Almond Marie Robbins Sam Branch Jeff Purinton Douglas Walker Chris Besanceney Jonathan Bowling Jon Dever Brad Ledford Carol Park Aaron Vold Dr. James King Justin Dickens
2016 ALABAMA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 Nov. 26
Opponent Time #vs. Southern California TBA Western Kentucky TBA *at Ole Miss TBA Kent State TBA *Kentucky TBA *at Arkansas TBA *at Tennessee TBA *Texas A&M TBA *at LSU TBA *Mississippi State TBA Chattanooga TBA *Auburn TBA
*SEC Game • #AdvoCare Classic (Arlington, Texas) Bold denotes home game
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE #48 MEKHI Brown MaH-k-eye #4 DAYLON CHARLOT DAY-lon Charlotte #43 Lawrence EREKOSIMA O-seem-uh #87 Miller FORRISTALL Forrest-all #63 J.C. HASSENAUER Haas-en-our #81 Derek KIEF Keef #78 KORREN KIRVEN CORE-in CURVE-in #84 Hale HENTGES Hen-ches #94 DA’RON Payne Da-Ron #72 Richie PETITBON Petty-bone #71 Ross PIERSCHBACHER Piersch-baker #13 ARDARIUS Stewart R-Darius #14 DEIONTE Thompson Dee-on-tay
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