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Former Chiefs WR Samie Parker joins North Alabama football staff

Former #Chiefs WR Samie Parker has a new job, joining North Alabama’s football staff as WRs coach.

A former Kansas City Chiefs receiver has taken the next step in his young coaching career.

After spending time at Rice University as an offensive quality control coach, former Chiefs WR Samie Parker is set to join the North Alabama Lions football coaching staff under head coach Brent Dearmon as their wide receiver coach. The team announced his hiring on Thursday night.

“Samie will be a huge asset to our program and wide receiver room,” said Dearmon, via press release. “He is a former NFL player and is known for his wide receiver development.”

A fourth-round pick out of Oregon by Kansas City in 2004, Parker spent four seasons with the Chiefs. He started 31 games and appeared in 47, catching passes from Trent Green, Damon Huard and Brodie Croyle during his career. He’d finish his time in Kansas City with 110 catches for 1,529 yards and seven touchdowns.

Parker began his coaching career back in 2015 when he worked at Fort Valley State as the team’s WRs coach and special teams coordinator. He’s twice interned with the Chiefs under Andy Reid (2016, 2018). He’s also spent time at Whittier College as a WRs coach and passing game coordinator. In 2020, he was a coach with The Spring League, working with WRs, TEs and return specialists. In 2021, he worked at Washington State University as a recruiting assistant.

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Memphis vs North Alabama Prediction Game Preview

Memphis vs North Alabama game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 12 game on Saturday, November 19

Memphis vs North Alabama prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 12, Saturday, November 19

Memphis vs North Alabama Prediction, Game Preview

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Memphis vs North Alabama How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 19
Game Time: 2:00 ET
Venue: Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, Memphis, TN
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Memphis (5-5), North Alabama (1-9)
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Why North Alabama Will Win

Can the Lions at least make this competitive?

The offense will keep taking shots down the field. QB Noah Walters might not be all that accurate, but the passing game averages over 14 yards per completion, there are enough decent receivers to spread it around, and the ground game gets enough to average five yards per carry.

So what’s the problem?

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Why Memphis Will Win

The North Alabama defense can’t stop much of anything.

There’s no pass rush, the run defense is getting gouged, and teams are exploding in the first half to take control of games early on.

The Memphis running game has been underwhelming for a program that comes up with a whole lot of gashing runs. This is the game to let the backs go off, but …

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What’s Going To Happen

The Tiger passing game will get going, too.

There will be a few giveaways – Memphis can’t help itself with two turnovers – but it won’t matter. North Alabama will come up with a few points, but Memphis will put this away fast.

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Memphis vs North Alabama Prediction, Line

Memphis 52, North Alabama 10
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ATS Confidence out of 5: TBA
Memphis vs North Alabama Must See Rating (out of 5): 1.5

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Zach Crisler discusses coaching the three-man surface offense

Zach Crisler discusses coaching the three-man surface offense.

Zach Crisler has launched his young coaching career and is currently serving as a running backs graduate assistant at North Alabama.

North Alabama runs a three-man surface offense. The origin of the offense stems, notably, from Hugh Freeze.

“When I first got here in 2019, Ryan Aplin is actually who hired me at North Alabama, and obviously he played at Arkansas State under Freeze,” Crisler said on the show “Tennessee Two-A-Days.” “He kind of brought the tradition of the Freeze offense with a base out of 11-personnel, stuff that Coach Freeze runs.”

Vols Wire previously analyzed the three-man surface offense with Freeze and others from his coaching tree.

Arkansas Tech offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Ryan Trevathan previously discussed coaching for Freeze at Ole Miss and Arkansas State.

At Ole Miss, Trevathan served as a quality control coach in 2014 and as a graduate assistant working with tight ends from 2012-13. He also spent time as a student assistant coach at Arkansas State under Freeze in 2010-11.

Trevathan served as offensive coordinator at Pearl River Community College (2017-18). Trevathan hired Crisler to coach running backs at Pearl River.

Crisler came to Pearl River after coaching at Nettleton High School in Jonesboro, Arkansas during the 2017 season.

“Through the coach tree, the high school offensive coordinator was Clint Wilson, who was with Coach Freeze at Arkansas State as a student assistant in the quarterback room,” Crisler said. “That is when I got introduced to the Freeze offense, was working high school ball. We dummied it down at the high school level, but it was still the three-man surface and kind of dictate the box and take the RPOs when they are given.”

The entire show with Crisler can be listened to here or below.

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