Jeremy Pruitt

In a program that has become accustomed to having one of the nation's best defenses year in and year out, it takes a lot to stand out at Alabama. But this year's team has done that through 13 games. Ranked first nationally in total defense, scoring defense, and rushing defense, the 2016 Crimson Tide has joined the conversation as the best-ever in Tuscaloosa...

When longtime defensive coordinator Kirby Smart departed Alabama to become the head coach at Georgia, the Crimson Tide turned to a familiar face to take over the defense in 2016. Jeremy Pruitt, who worked in multiple capacities for Nick Saban from 2007 to 2012, made his first appearance in front of the media as the Alabama defensive coordinator on Sunday...

For the first time since Nick Saban's debut season in Tuscaloosa, someone other than Kirby Smart will be coaching the Alabama defense.

Mere hours after Alabama won the College Football Playoff National Championship Monday night, Georgia made it official. Mel Tucker, who spent this past season as the Crimson Tide’s defensive backs coach, was formally announced as the Bulldogs’ next defensive coordinator on new head coach Kirby Smart’s staff...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Goodbyes are hard, apparently even for Nick Saban. That’s at least the impression he gave when asked about his final game coaching with Kirby Smart on Monday in the College Football Playoff National Championship game...

TEMPE, Ariz. – Alabama went through its final full practice before Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship on Saturday. The Crimson Tide took the buses down from its hotel in nearby Scottsdale to practice inside the Dickey Dome, Arizona State’s indoor practice facility...

University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban announced on Friday the hiring of Jeremy Pruitt, a former defensive back with the Crimson Tide, as Alabama's new defensive coordinator.

When Alabama last played Georgia, it needed every last second to escape with a win. It was the 2012 SEC Championship Game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, a back-and-forth affair that the Crimson Tide only just held on to win 32-28 after the game clock expired on the Bulldogs five yards shy of the end zone...

The coaching carousel in college football gets faster and faster every year as expectations and salaries continue to grow. Each offseason, new assistants are hired at different programs to either replace someone who departed or bring something new to the table that will benefit that team...