re: Official Alabama assistant coaching search thread: staff complete Edition

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Yet another name has reportedly surfaced as a candidate for Alabama’s defensive line coach vacancy.

According to a report from AL.com, Pittsburgh Panthers defensive line coach Charlie Partridge has interviewed for the position. He returned to Pitt last season after serving as head coach at Florida Atlantic from 2014-16 prior to the Owls' hiring of former Crimson Tide offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin.

Partridge has also coached the defensive line at Arkansas, Wisconsin and Eastern Illinois. At Arkansas, the Plantation, Fla., native was also the Razorbacks' assistant head coach (2013), and he held the title of associate head coach & co-defensive coordinator at Wisconsin during the final two years of his five years spent in Madison, Wis. (2008-12).

AL.com also reports former Alabama assistant coach Lance Thompson could potentially return to Tuscaloosa, Ala., for a third tenure, but BamaOnLine included Thompson's name on its hot board the day Karl Dunbar was hired by the Pittsburgh Steelers -- Feb. 8. Thompson is currently the defensive line coach at South Carolina.

Other names that have been connected to the search include Clemson's Todd Bates, Eric Henderson of the Los Angeles Chargers, Travis Jones of the Seattle Seahawks, Kentucky's Derrick LeBlanc, Tulane's Kevin Peoples and Ole Miss' Freddie Roach.

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