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

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Alabama finished 7th in the recruiting rankings in the 2018 class, but expect the Crimson Tide to be back on top in 2019. SEC Country’s Chris Kirschner will answer the Recruiting Question of the Day each weekday. You can ask him your questions on  Twitter or Facebook. Find our previous questions and answers  here.

Have you seen/heard much difference from recruits with regards to the new coaching staff? — @micahelmore417

Alabama will have almost a completely new coaching staff this coming season. Other than Nick Saban, the only coach who has the same role as last season is offensive line coach Brent Key.

The Tide promoted Mike Locksley to offensive coordinator and Tosh Lupoi to defensive coordinator, moved Joe Pannunzio from tight ends coach and special teams coordinator to running backs coach, hired Dan Enos to coach quarterbacks, Josh Gattis to coach wide receivers, Pete Golding to coach inside linebackers, Karl Scott to coach defensive backs, Craig Kuligowski to coach defensive line and Jeff Banks as tight ends coach and special teams coordinator.

This group should be outstanding on the recruiting trail. Saban hired a bunch of energized coaches who are hungry to be the best they can be in all facets of coaching, including recruiting. There were a few coaches on the previous staff who were not energized when it came to recruiting and it was one of the reasons why Alabama ended up not signing the top class.

We’ve seen that energy on Twitter already. Look at the Twitter pages of Gattis, Banks and Golding. All of those guys actively use Twitter. Recruits take notice of that.

A lot of what I’ve heard from the recruits who have visited Tuscaloosa since the new staff was brought in has focused on the coaches being easy to connect with. A lot of them have mentioned the energy that Banks and Scott bring.

We’ve also had several recruits already name Alabama their leader this early in the process. That wasn’t the case last cycle. A lot of that has to do with these new coaches being younger and easier to talk to.

There’s no doubt in my mind Alabama will have one of the nation’s top recruiting classes this year.

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