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New Alabama DB coach a 'bright, young football coach'

One of the hires that's been known about since last week became official Thursday as Alabama announced the hiring of Karl Scott as its defensive backs coach.

Scott joins the Crimson Tide after spending the last two seasons as Texas Tech's defensive backs coach and after one month at Louisiana-Lafayette with former Alabama assistant Billy Napier, who had hired Scott as his defensive coordinator in December.

"We are excited to announce the addition of Karl Scott to our defensive staff," coach Nick Saban said in a statement. "He is a bright, young football coach who boasts a lot of experience coaching the secondary.