The talent is there, and now so is the coaching, to make the Alabama secondary as fearsome as its front-seven.
The talent is there, and now so is the coaching, to make the Alabama secondary as fearsome as its front-seven.
Alabama defensive backs coach Mel Tucker is no stranger to working with head coach Nick Saban. Tucker's coaching career started in 1997 as a graduate assistant at Michigan State working on Saban's staff. Coach Tucker would later follow Saban to Louisiana State University in 2000, where he joined the Tigers staff as a defensive backs coach.
Tucker's work at LSU, and his knowledge of the Big Ten landscape, landed Tucker a promotion at Ohio State University, where he would achieve success as the Bucks' co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach from 2001-04.