Alabama football: 3 perfect coordinator pairings to replace Bill O’Brien, Pete Golding
By John Buhler
All the young dudes could return to their Bama roots!
The next hotshot offensive mind has a famous dad and is not even 30 years old!
It may reek of nepotism, but Charlie Weis Jr. is on the fast track to being a college head coach. His namesake father is the former New England offensive coordinator, Notre Dame head coach and Kansas head coach. Weis briefly worked for his dad at Florida and Kansas in college before first joining Saban’s Alabama staff in 2015. He would follow Sarkisian to the Atlanta Falcons in 2017.
Over the last five years, Weis has serve on Lane Kiffin’s staff twice, once at Florida Atlantic and now at Ole Miss. He also spent two years on Jeff Scott’s staff at South Florida. Weis turns 30 in April, but his resume speaks for itself. Kiffin has trusted him to coach up the quarterbacks and coordinate his offense for three years. If Kiffin trusts Weis, Saban would have to be interested.
With his upward trajectory, Weis could be a Power 5 head coach within the next few seasons.
This would be the ideal time for Glenn Schumann to return to his alma mater
Although Glenn Schumann has been with Kirby Smart every step of the way at Georgia since 2016, eventually he is going to get to lead his own team. He has ascended to being the Dawgs’ co-defensive coordinator over the last few years. We have seen Mel Tucker and Dan Lanning get Power Five jobs of their own, and Schumann appears to be next. Should he stay or should he go?
It would be a bold move to take a similar role at Alabama, but keep in mind that this is Schumann’s alma mater. He was a student assistant under Saban during undergrad before becoming a graduate assistant. His first seven years in the coaching department were on Saban’s Alabama staffs. Eventually, Saban will retire. One would think Schumann is a good candidate to replace him.
Given that Schumann is in his early 30s, he likely has a few more years before he is a head coach.