ATLANTA — Every year one coach loses a coordinator to a head coaching job or to a similar position in the NFL, while the other coach pretty much keeps his base set of coaches intact.
For a fourth year in a row, Alabama heads into the College Football Playoff with a coordinator who is already on his way out the door. Alabama offensive coordinator Mike Locksley was named Maryland’s new head coach earlier this week.
Locksley, who was in his first year as Bama’s offensive coordinator, joins a growing list of former Alabama coordinators who are now head coaches.