The Alabama Crimson Tide have a new offensive coordinator, according to reports. 247Sports' Matt Zenitz.
Current tight ends coach Nick Sheridan will fill the void left by Ryan Grubb. Glove's NFL transfer And the Seattle Seahawks.
Grubb was Cullen DeBoer's offensive coordinator for more than a decade, when DeBoer was the head coach in Sioux Falls.
Meanwhile, Sheridan worked under DeBoer on the offensive staff at both Indiana and Washington State. He was a quarterbacks coach at Indiana University before switching to tight end. He took over as offensive coordinator after DeBoer left for Fresno State.
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Sheridan, 35, played quarterback at Michigan and remained active until 2006, eventually earning a scholarship his junior season and starting a total of four games during his career with the Wolverines.
He also has some SEC experience, having worked as a graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee from 2014-2016.
Alabama also plans to name wide receivers coach JaMarcus Shepard, according to reports. He joins DeBoer from Washington, where he oversaw one of the most productive receiver groups in the nation this season in Seattle.
While Grubb's decision to leave the NFL was a disappointment, Alabama Athletics Director Greg Byrne said he wasn't caught by surprise.
“When we hired Coach (Cullen) DeBoer, we knew Coach Grubb could end up being the head coach at Washington or be on the radar screen for the Seattle Seahawks.” Byrne told the Tuscaloosa News on Saturday.
“Coach DeBoer has a plan for that and he's working on that plan as we speak.”
That plan appears to have been implemented, and Alabama now has its next offensive coordinator.
Michael Brauner is a senior sports analyst and contributing writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @MBraunerWNSP
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