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Scott Cochran, once the most famous strength and conditioning coach in college football as Nick Saban’s right-hand man, is back in college football as a head coach.
Cochran, who most recently was on Georgia’s 2023 staff, has been named West Alabama’s new head coach, a Division II school about an hour away from where Cochran helped Saban build a dynasty in Tuscaloosa. From his time at LSU, Alabama and Georgia, Cochran has been a part of eight national championship teams.
Cochran became famous for a booming voice of his trademark “YEAH, YEAH, YEAH” yell and his “Fourth Quarter Program” that was part of the secret sauce of Alabama’s success. He was the rare strength and conditioning coach that was featured prominently by the program on its videoboard before and during games. Cochran appeared in commercials, was featured in national profiles about Saban as one of the few staffers allowed to talk to the media and built a significant following.
He was the yin to Saban’s yang, the good cop who could put an arm around a player’s shoulder and help him find a way out of the head coach’s doghouse. His interpersonal skills were his most valuable trait and the way he could keep players bought into the Sisyphean mission of chasing perfection.Cochran possessed a special ability of knowing exactly what Saban wanted and being able to translate the demands into a way that made sense for players and coaches alike.
Cochran, who was part of Saban’s initial staff in 2007, left Alabama in 2020 to become an on-field special teams coordinator for Kirby Smart’s Georgia program. Cochran desired to become a head coach one day and believed he needed on-field assistant experience, opting to team up with Smart, who he worked closely with while in Tuscaloosa….
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Author : John Talty
Publish date : 2025-02-03 23:13:00
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