Alabama football is known for many things; however, the program’s finest accomplishment was delivering an assistant coach through the most gut-wrenching moment of his life.
Much excitement filtered through social media in the offseason, as Crimson Tide players were presented with the man they wanted at offensive coordinator. The words pain and despair do not even begin to describe Michael Locksley’s emotions on the Sunday morning that followed Alabama’s meeting with Florida State in Atlanta to start the 2017 college football season.
A devoted family man, Locksley was the father of four children. After a 24-7 win over the Seminoles, the 48-year-old soon learned news that would have any other parent shut down at the thought of hearing it.