2014 Alabama Postseason Football Media Guide
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introduction TABLE OF CONTENTS 2014 ALABAMA COACHING STAFF INTRODUCTION THIS IS ALABAMA Nick Saban (Kent State, 1973) Head Coach Coaching Staff . .2 Burton Burns (Nebraska, 1976) Associate Head Coach/Running Backs Athletic Department Directory . 2 Mario Cristobal (Miami, 1993) Assistant Heach Coach/Offensive Line 2014 Schedule and Results . .2 Bo Davis (LSU, 1993) Defensive Line Quick Facts . 3 Lane Kiffin (Fresno State, 1998) Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Athletics Communications Personnel . 3 Billy Napier (Furman, 2003) Wide Receivers President Dr. Judy Bonner . 4 Kirby Smart (Georgia, 1999) Defensive Coordinator/Secondary Director of Athletics Bill Battle . 5 Kevin Steele (Tennessee, 1981) Special Assistant to the Head Coach/Inside Linebackers Senior Staff . 5 Lance Thompson (The Citadel, 1987) Outside Linebackers Bobby Williams (Purdue, 1982) Tight Ends/Special Teams Coordinator ON THE GRIDIRON Scott Cochran (LSU, 2001) Director of Strength and Conditioning 2014 Roster . 6-7 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL DIRECTORY Depth Chart . 8 Athletics Director Bill Battle THE CRIMSON TIDE Deputy Director of Athletics/Chief Operations Officer Shane Lyons Player Bios . 9-30 Executive Associate Athletics Director/Chief Financial Officer Finus Gaston Non-Scholarship . 31 Senior Associate Athletics Director/Support Services Kevin Almond Senior Associate Athletics Director/Technology Advancement Milton Overton COACHING PERSONNEL Senior Associate Athletics Director/Development Sam Branch Head Coach Nick Saban . 32-39 Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator Marie Robbins Coaching Staff . 40-51 Associate Athletics Director/Compliance Jonathan Bowling Support Staff . 52-54 Associate Athletics Director/Student Services Jon Dever Associate Athletics Director/Business Carol Park ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL NOTES Associate Athletics Director/Football Communications Jeff Purinton Bowl Notes . 55-67 Associate Athletics Director/Athletics Communications Douglas Walker Assistant Athletics Director/Ticket Office and Tide Pride Chris Besanceney 2014 SEASON IN REVIEW Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Kevin Whitacker Stats . 68-88 Director of Football Operations Joe Pannunzio Game Recaps . 89-95 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE BOWL HISTORY Bowl History . 96-98 Date Opponent Result Bowl Records. 99-107 Aug. 30 #vs. West Virginia (ABC/ESPN2) W 33-23 Bowl Recaps . 108-128 Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic (SEC Network) W 41-0 Sept. 13 Southern Miss (ESPN2) W 52-12 Sept. 20 *Florida (CBS) W 42-21 Oct. 4 *at 11/11 Ole Miss (CBS) L 17-23 Oct. 11 *at Arkansas (ESPN) W 14-13 Oct. 18 *21/21 Texas A&M (CBS) W 59-0 Oct. 25 *at Tennessee (ESPN2) W 34-20 Nov. 8 *at 16/14/15 LSU (CBS) W 20-13 OT Nov. 15 *1/1/1 Mississippi State (CBS) W 25-20 Nov. 22 Western Carolina (SEC Network) W 48-14 Nov. 29 *14/15/16 Auburn (ESPN) W 55-44 Dec. 6 ^vs. 16/14/13 Missouri (CBS) W 42-13 *SEC Game • #Chick-fil-A Kickoff (Atlanta, Ga.) • ^SEC Championship (Atlanta, Ga.) Bold denotes home game • Rankings listed are CFP/AP/Coaches PRONUNCIATION GUIDE XZAVIER Dickson X-zay-vee-er Malcolm FACIANE Fay-shon Ty FLOURNOY-Smith Fluh-noy J.C. HASSENAUER Haas-en-our Derek KIEF Keef KORREN KIRVEN CORE-in CURVE-in ARIE KOUANDJIO R-ee Kwon-joe Isaac LUATUA Lew-uh-too-uh Ross PIERSCHBACHER Piersch-bacher JARRAN Reed Jer-in Bradley SYLVE Silve ALTEE TENPENNY Al-TEE Ten-penny Brian VOGLER VO-glur 2 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL introduction ALABAMA ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF QUICK FACTS Department Phone: (205) 348-6084 Location . .Tuscaloosa, Ala. Department Fax: (205) 348-8841 Enrollment . 36,155 Founded . April 12, 1831 Associate Athletics Director Associate Director for Athletics Communications: of Athletics Communications: Conference . Southeastern (West) Douglas Walker Aaron Jordan Colors . Crimson and White INTRODUCTION Office: (205) 348-7245 Office: (205) 348-5401 Nickname . .Crimson Tide e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] President . Dr. Judy Bonner . .Bill Battle Associate Athletics Director Associate Director Athletics Director for Football Communications: of Athletics Communications: Faculty Athletics Jeff Purinton Roots Woodruff Representative . Dr. Kevin Whitaker Office: (205) 348-3631 Office: (205) 348-2088 Stadium . Bryant-Denny Stadium (101,821) e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] First Year of Football . .1892 Associate Director Assistant Director of Athletics Communications (football): of Athletics Communications: Overall Football Record 850-324-43 (.716) Josh Maxson Nathan Sheehan 1,217 games over 120 seasons Office: (205) 348-7496 Office: (205) 348-6734 SEC Record . 379-166-20 (.688) e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] 565 games over 82 seasons Director National Championships . .15 of Athletics Communications (football): 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, Jessica Paré 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, Office: (205) 348-3673 2009, 2011, 2012 e-mail: [email protected] SEC Championships . .24 1933, 1934, 1937, 1945, 1953, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2009, 2012, 2014 First Team All-Americans . 115 players, 135 times First Team All-Conference . 232 players, 305 times Bowl Appearances . .62* Bowl Record . .34*-23-3 *NCAA Record CREDITS: The 2014 University of Alabama Football Bowl Media Guide was produced by the staff of the Alabama Athletics Communications Office. The publication was written and edited by Josh Maxson, Jeff Purinton, Doug Walker, Jessica Paré and Alex Thompson. Photography by UA Director of Photography Kent Gidley, Amelia Brackin and staff. Thanks to Crimson Tide Productions for the cover and page designs. Special thanks to the Crimson Tide coaching staff, teams of the NFL for photography assistance and the staff of the SEC office. Copyright 2014 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama. “Roll Tide,” “Crimson Tide” and “Bama,” along with the primary and secondary logos, are registered trademarks of The University of Alabama. SNAPSHOTS ... Amari Cooper has an astonishing 115 catches for 1,656 yards and 14 touchdowns – all Alabama records. ROLLTIDE.COM 3 Alabama On Your president Campus... dr. judy l. bonner Dr. Judith L. Bonner was named the 28th president of The University of Alabama on November 1, 2012. Founded in 1831, the University is the state’s flagship and a student-centered comprehensive research university. Dr. Bonner served as interim president from March 5 until August 31, 2012. She was promoted to executive vice president and provost on April 1, 2006, after serving as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs since March 2003. During Dr. Bonner’s tenure as provost and president, the University underwent transformational change growing from just over 19,000 students in 2003 to more than 36,000 students in 2014. Each year, the academic strength of the student body and the faculty exceeded the record set the previous year. Under her leadership as president, the Shelby Science and Engineering Quad has been completed and plans to transform the Peter Bryce campus into a vibrant new academic area are underway. In addition, UA’s athletics programs have excelled in recent years with several teams winning national championships. Dr. Bonner joined the faculty at The University of Alabama in 1981 as an associate professor and head of the department of human nutrition and hospitality. She served as assistant academic vice president from 1985-1990 and as special assistant to the president from 1989-1991. Promoted to professor in 1988, she was named dean of the College of Human Environmental Sciences in 1989 and held that position until 2003. Prior to coming to UA, she held faculty appointments in the department of pediatrics at UAB and the department of medical dietetics at The Ohio State University. Dr. Bonner earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The University of Alabama and her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, all in nutrition. Her research focused on nutritional needs of chronically ill children and on eating disorders, and has resulted in numerous publications. Dr. Bonner is an active member of civic, scientific and professional organizations. Among other awards and honors, her accolades include the Distinguished Alumni Award from The Ohio State University, the AHEA Leader Award and the award for Outstanding Dietitian for the state of Alabama. 4 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL BBILLILL BBATTLEATTLE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS William R. he served as an assistant coach under head “Bill” Battle is in coach Doug Dickey for four seasons (1966-69) Battle received a National Football Foundation his second year as until he was named head coach of the Volunteers award in December 2008 for Outstanding Director of Athletics in 1970. When he was named head coach, Battle Contributions to Amateur Football. In June 2010, at The University was the youngest head coach in college football Bill was inducted into the National Association of of Alabama. Battle at the age of 28. Collegiate Marketing Administrators’ (NACMA) took over the job During his seven-year tenure as head coach Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Tennessee on Friday, March 22, (1970-76), Battle’s teams went 59-22-2, finished Sports Hall of Fame, receiving its Lifetime 2013, succeeding Mal three seasons ranked in the nation’s top 10 Achievement Award in 2011. He currently serves Moore who had held among five top-20 finishes and won four out of on the boards of the Bryant-Jordan Student- the position since five bowl games. Battle’s Tennessee teams won Athlete Foundation, The University of Alabama November, 1999. 11 games once (1970) and at least 10 games in A-Club Educational & Charitable Foundation, Battle joined the Crimson Tide after a career as three different seasons (1970, 1971 and 1972). the Crimson Tide Foundation, and the National a college football coach and entrepreneur that His first Tennessee team finished the season Football Foundation. was consistently hallmarked by innovation and ranked fourth in both national polls. His 1971 Battle’s wife, Mary, is a summa cum laude foresight.