Two of the biggest hires on Alabama’s coaching staff for 2018 are former members of Mississippi State University in Charles Huff and Brian Baker.
While Huff will be over running backs, Baker is in charge of getting the Crimson Tide’s defensive line to have positive consistency with generating sacks.
In three years with the Bulldogs, Baker created one of the nastiest defensive units in all of college football.
Mississippi State led the nation in total defense (263.1 ypg) and finished second in scoring defense (13.2 ppg) in 2018, and the program projects having two top-15 picks for this year’s NFL Draft in Montez Sweat and Jeffery Simmons.