Alabama football assistant coach, Pete Golding has quickly become a hot coaching commodity. After less than a year in Tuscaloosa, it is being widely reported both Ole Miss and Oklahoma want to hire Golding as a defensive coordinator.
What follows in this post is a summary of everything Bama Hammer has collected as of late Friday night. It is a fluid situation with no official word from the involved schools, including the University of Alabama. There are few facts, plenty of conjecture and even more rumor. We will try to categorize each.
The facts as we know them
- Pete Golding makes $650K per season (excluding bonuses) as the co-Defensive Coordinator for Alabama football
- On Friday, Golding was in Louisiana recruiting Ishmael Sopsher for the Crimson Tide
- On Friday night, Golding was in Tuscaloosa meeting with Crimson Tide recruits and commits
- On Sunday, he is scheduled to join Nick Saban for an in-home visit with 5-Star, Nakobe Dean
- Golding is a rising star in the coaching ranks, respected for both his coaching abilities and his recruiting talent
What may or may not be true
- Ole Miss insiders have been saying for about 72 hours the school has a deal in principle with Golding to join Matt Luke’s staff.