Alabama’s defensive coordinator, Pete Golding, has been named as one of the finalists for this year’s Broyles Award given annually to the nation’s best assistant coach. Several Alabama coaches have taken home this award before, and all have gone on to become head coaches (Sark, Kiffin, Kirby). For Pete, it’s the second time in three seasons he’s made the cut as a finalist.
Will he win? No, of course not. My money is on TCU’s OC Garrett Riley. For Pete, the honor is a bit of a double-edged sword, as he is though of far more highly among the coaching fraternity than by rank-and-file Alabama fan.