"Just love, all love," Cochran said. "Come on. I worked for the man 18 years. He is a father figure for me, so I learned everything I have from him." Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him [email protected] or follow him@_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Scott Cochran had the coaching itch. As the 2024 season came to an end, the longtime Alabama football strength and conditioning coach, Nick Saban’s right-hand man, knew he wanted to get back in the game. The calls began coming in, most of them for strength or special teams jobs, just like he’d held for most of his career in college football.

Former Alabama long snapper Thomas Fletcher has been hired as the new special teams coordinator at West Alabama. He will join the coaching staff of former Alabama strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran.

Scott Cochran is back in college football, taking the head coaching position at West Alabama after stints with LSU, Alabama and Georgia.

Scott Cochran might not have been coaching for the past year, but he remained hard at work. The longtime Alabama football strength and conditioning coach has been helping start the non-profit American Addiction Recovery Association.

As Cochran spoke of the future, of what he plans to do with West Alabama football as its head coach, he was asked about the current state of the Crimson Tide, about Kalen DeBoer a