Alabama's analyst corps has taken another hit, as Mike Stoops is off to become Florida Atlantic's defensive coordinator. The Owls officially announced the hire Thursday.
Stoops was an analyst at UA for two seasons, after 18 seasons as Oklahoma's defensive coordinator, from 1999-2003 and 2012-2018. From 2004-2011, he was the head coach at Arizona.
UA has also lost analysts Butch Jones (head coach, Arkansas State), Charlie Strong (Jacksonville Jaguars assistant coach), Major Applewhite (offensive coordinator, South Alabama), Andy Kwon (tight ends coach, Arkansas State) and AJ Milwee (quarterbacks coach, Texas). This is on top of four offensive assistants leaving UA, three to Texas (offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian, offensive line coach Kyle Flood and tight ends coach Jeff Banks) and running backs coach Charles Huff to be the head coach of Marshall.