Former Alabama coaches and" where are they now" thread.

4Q Basket Case · Dec 23, 2013

deliveryman35 said:
I think he meant Charlie Stubbs.

You're right. Thanks for the catch. Original post now corrected.

deliveryman35 · Dec 23, 2013

Two former Bama coaches on staff currently at Arizona State--Chris Ball and Paul Randolph. Bucket Step Bob Connelly also was on staff there in 2012.

dathbama · Dec 23, 2013

4Q Basket Case said:
Curious about a couple of assistants:

Charlie Stubbs, a good OC, hobbled by a HC (Dubose) who was hopelessly overmatcHed.

Bucket Step Bob Connelly (sp?), the only Alabama OL coach who ever actually espoused the theory that the OL should absorb, not deliver, the first blow.

Two of my favorites, I unfortunately know are gone now. Homer Smith was my favorite OC of all time. I never got to meet him, but would love to have bent an elbow in his company.

Jim Bob Helduser did an awesome job with a young OL in Fran's tenure. At least two of five went on to the NFL, and one, Evan Mathis, is still playing.

Plus, he and Altee Tenpenny would be the first two on my all-time name team. I did get to meet Helduser and his wife. They were first-rate people. Unfortunately, he passed away several years ago from cancer.

Bob Connelly is at Arizona State: http://www.thesundevils.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30300&ATCLID=207923330

TrampLineman · Dec 23, 2013

RTR is right, Dubose went 11-2 at Luverne which is actually his 2nd stint there.

Florida Tom · Dec 23, 2013

Croom with the Titans

Anyone know where Rich Wingo is?

bamacpa70 · Dec 23, 2013

dathbama said:
Bob Connelly is at Arizona State: http://www.thesundevils.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30300&ATCLID=207923330

not any more. http://blogs.evtrib.com/varsityxtra...former-asu-assistant-as-offensive-line-coach/

Guess they don't bull rush in AZ.

This would also explain ASU's improvement this year!

Florida Tom · Dec 23, 2013

bamacpa70 said:
not any more. http://blogs.evtrib.com/varsityxtra...former-asu-assistant-as-offensive-line-coach/

Guess they don't bull rush in AZ. This would also explain ASU's improvement this year!

Did I read that correctly, he is a HS O line coach ?

something else just has to be there.

4Q Basket Case · Dec 23, 2013

Florida Tom said:
Did I read that correctly, he is a HS O line coach ?

something else just has to be there.

That's the way I read it, too. Under a first-year HS head coach.

deliveryman35 · Dec 23, 2013

bamacpa70 said:
not any more. http://blogs.evtrib.com/varsityxtra...former-asu-assistant-as-offensive-line-coach/

Guess they don't bull rush in AZ. This would also explain ASU's improvement this year!

Not surprised that Connelly's career has steadily declined, but I must say I didn't expect him to fall this far. I wonder if maybe the HC at Gilbert High likes to play bridge(an inside joke that only long-time posters will get)....;-)

Whatever became of Don Lindsey, who I believe was Curry's DC and later coached at Ole Miss? Outside of Derrick Thomas, he put together some atrocious D's for us back in the late '80s.

bamapuppy · Dec 23, 2013

Does anyone know anything about Randy Ross. He was head coach @ Southside when I was in High School. He later went to BAMA as an assistant. He was there for years, and the last that i heard was Coach Saban let him go when he was hired.

bamapuppy · Dec 23, 2013

bamapuppy said:
Does anyone know anything about Randy Ross. He was head coach @ Southside when I was in High School. He later went to BAMA as an assistant. He was there for years, and the last that i heard was Coach Saban let him go when he was hired.

Nevermind. He is @ SMU http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/ross_randy00.html

GrayTide · Dec 23, 2013

Rip Scherer, Curry's first OC (1987) is now Associate Athletic Director at UCLA.

Crimson1967 · Dec 23, 2013

Not to derail the thread, but whatever became of my favorite Barn coach, Doug Barfield?

Crimson1967 · Dec 23, 2013

Florida Tom said:
Croom with the Titans

Anyone know where Rich Wingo is?

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130619771

trenda · Dec 23, 2013

Woody McCorvey, former receivers coach and OC at Bama, is the Associate Athletic Director of Football Administration at Clemson. He was Dabo's position coach when he played at Bama.

Bryant Ave · Dec 23, 2013

trenda said:
Woody McCorvey, former receivers coach and OC at Bama, is the Associate Athletic Director of Football Administration at Clemson. He was Dabo's position coach when he played at Bama.

Wow, seems like Woody and Dubose were the two leading candidates when CGS left. I was never impressed with his vanilla offenses, and knew he was with the Vols for a while, but glad to see he is still going strong. He's an honorable character.

jthomas666 · Dec 23, 2013

Bryant Ave said:
And to think we fired Bruce Arians after one season in 1997. I am sure he stood out, and should have been protected.

He was protected. That's the only reason he wasn't found in a ditch in Opelika after the Iron Bowl.

Bryant Ave · Dec 23, 2013

Ronnie Cottrel, recruiting coordinator 2006 -?

HC Godby HS Florida. "Led his team to the 2012 FHSAA Class 5A State Championship. Godby defeated Immokalee 21-20 in an classic finish."
Who was the running back coach that got nailed with Cottrell? He was a great RB coach.

Bryant Ave · Dec 23, 2013

jthomas666 said:
He was protected. That's the only reason he wasn't found in a ditch in Opelika after the Iron Bowl.

I still put the some blame on FK and ES and the line

Obviously Arians was better suited for the pros and has had the best post Bama career of any assistant I know of.

westide · Dec 23, 2013

Arians also coached under the "Bear" in 81-82. I believe he was the RB coach.

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