Where do Alabama assistants rank in USA TODAY Sports assistant coach salaries database?

Where do Alabama’s assistants rank?

When it comes to a complete coaching staff, it is much more than whoever is leading the program as the head coach. For elite programs, you have to have a talented staff of assistants who can both recruit and develop players, and well, that is exactly what the Alabama Crimson Tide have.

However, have you ever wondered just where each Alabama assistant ranks among the highest-paid in college football?

USA TODAY Sports released their annual database of salaries for assistant coaches in college football Wednesday morning, which provided a look into answering that question.

As of the 2024 season, defensive coordinator Kane Wommack is the highest-paid assistant on the Alabama staff at $1.55 million, followed by offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan at $1.35 million.

Wommack is the No. 19 highest-paid assistant coach in college football, exactly one spot ahead of former Alabama assistant and current Georgia Bulldogs Co-DC/safeties coach Travaris Robinson, while Sheridan ranks No. 35. Another notable name that ranks highly is former Alabama DC Pete Golding, who currently sits No. 4 at $2.15 million in the same role at Ole Miss.

The remainder of Alabama assistants salaries according to the USA TODAY Sports database are as follows:

Alabama Crimson Tide Assistant Coach Salaries according to USA TODAY Sports database

  • Kane Wommack (DC) – $1.55 million – No. 19 nationally
  • Nick Sheridan (OC) – $1.35 million – No. 35 nationally
  • JaMarcus Shephard (WR) – $1.1 million – No. 59 nationally
  • Freddie Roach (DL) – $1 million – No. 74 nationally
  • Chris Kapilovic (OL) – $875,000 – No. 102 nationally
  • Maurice Linguist (DB) – $875,000 – No. 103 nationally
  • Robert Gillespie (RB) – $850,000 – No. 115 nationally
  • Colin Hitschler (DB) – $675,000 – No. 177 nationally
  • Christian Robinson (OLB) – $650,000 – No. 192 nationally
  • Bryan Ellis (TE) – $550,000 – No. 253 nationally

In addition to that group, Alabama also has the second-highest paid strength coach in college football in David Ballou at $950,000.

In all, Alabama’s assistant coach salaries according to the database sit at a total of $9,475,000, which is not far behind Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer. DeBoer is currently the No. 7 highest-paid head coach in college football at $10 million.

Alabama football officially announces the roles of Nick Sheridan and JaMarcus Shepard

Now it is official!

On Tuesday afternoon the Alabama football program officially announced the roles of new assistant coaches Nick Sheridan and JaMarcus Shepard. Sheridan has been promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach after the departure of Ryan Grubb to the Seahawks while Shepard’s official title is assistant head coach, co-offensive coordinator, and wide receivers coach.

Both Sheridan and Shepard followed new Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer from Washington to Tuscaloosa and will be vital pieces to the Crimson Tide’s success under the new regime.

Alabama announced the news on X, formerly Twitter, on the day after officially announcing Kane Wommack as the Crimson Tide’s new defensive coordinator.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to monitor the new Alabama coaching staff and provide any updates as they become available.

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5 potential candidates to replace Ryan Grubb as Alabama’s next offensive coordinator

Alabama is in search of a new offensive coordinator after the news broke that Ryan Grubb was accepting the offensive coordinator position with the Seattle Seahawks. Roll Tide Wire takes a look at five potential candidates to replace Grubb.

It did not take long for Alabama’s offensive coordinator search to resurface. On Friday night, Alabama offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb accepted the offensive coordinator opening with the Seattle Seahawks.

With that being the case, Alabama is forced to find a new offensive play-caller. It will be the first time since 2019 that Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer has an offensive coordinator not named Ryan Grubb.

Needless to say, it will be interesting to see which direction DeBoer decides to go. Will he stick with familiarity and promote from within? Will he look elsewhere?

Roll Tide Wire lists five potential candidates to replace Ryan Grubb as Alabama’s next offensive coordinator.