In a move seen by, oh, literally everyone months ago, Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban has named offensive analyst, Steve Sarkisian, to be its offensive coordinator following the departure of Lane Kiffin to Florida Atlantic.
Sarkisian is best known, or at least most positively regarded, for his mentoring of quarterbacks, both at USC and Washington. Sark spent the latter portion of his college career under the tutelage of legendary Norm Chow and LaVell Edwards at BYU. There he set an NCAA mark for completion percentage in a game that stood until 2015.
Coach Sarkisian followed Norm Chow to USC, where he would serve as the quarterbacks coach and later as offensive coordinator for Pete Carroll’s Trojan machine.