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Earle Bruce
HC: Iowa State ('73–'78) · Ohio State ('79–'87) · Colorado State ('89–'92)
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Earle Bruce
HC · 1973–1992
MD
Mark Dantonio
GA · Ohio State · '83
→ last Michigan State '19
DT
Don Treadwell
OC · Cincinnati · '06
→ last Miami (OH) '13
PN
Pat Narduzzi
DC · Michigan State · '07
→ Pittsburgh
RH
Rob Harley
GA · Michigan State · '12–'13
→ Northern Illinois
NS
Nick Saban
DB coach · Ohio State · '80
→ last Alabama '23
AM
Alex Mortensen
GA · Alabama · '14
→ UAB
BN
Billy Napier
analyst · Alabama · '11
→ James Madison
JR
Jimmy Rogers
OC · Louisiana · '19–'20
→ Iowa State
BK
Brent Key
OL coach · Alabama · '16–'18
→ Georgia Tech
BV
Bryant Vincent
WR coach · Alabama · '07
→ UL Monroe
CH
Charles Huff
AHC/RB · Alabama · '20
→ Memphis
CK
Charles Kelly
Asso. DC/S · Alabama · '19
→ Jacksonville State
CC
Curt Cignetti
WR coach · Alabama · '07–'10
→ Indiana
DL
Dan Lanning
GA · Alabama · '15
→ Oregon
KD
K. Dillingham
OC · Oregon · '22
→ Arizona State
TL
Tosh Lupoi
DC/LB · Oregon · '22
→ California
DP
Dean Pees
OC · Michigan State · '97
→ last Kent State '03
CM
Charley Molnar
OC · Kent State · '00
→ last Massachusetts '13
DM
Doug Martin
OC · Kent State · '03
→ last New Mexico State '21
DD
Derek Dooley
TE coach · LSU · '00–'02
→ last Tennessee '12
JC
Jim Chaney
OC · Tennessee · '11
→ last Tennessee '12
JW
Justin Wilcox
DC · Tennessee · '11
→ last California '25
SP
Sam Pittman
OL coach · Tennessee · '12
→ last Arkansas '24
FK
F. Kitchens
TE coach · Alabama · '14
→ last North Carolina '24
GC
Geoff Collins
ST · Alabama · '15
→ last Georgia Tech '22
BK
Brent Key
AHC/RGC/OL · Georgia Tech · '21
→ Georgia Tech
JP
Jeremy Pruitt
DB coach · Alabama · '12
→ last Tennessee '20
TH
Tyson Helton
OC · Tennessee · '18
→ Western Kentucky
JM
Jim McElwain
OC · Alabama · '08–'11
→ last Central Michigan '24
BN
Billy Napier
AHC/QB · Colorado State · '12
→ James Madison
BD
Brad Davis
OL coach · Florida · '17
→ last LSU '21
GC
Geoff Collins
DC · Florida · '16
→ last Georgia Tech '22
TS
Tim Skipper
LB coach · Colorado State · '12–'13
→ last Fresno State '24
JF
Jimbo Fisher
OC · LSU · '00–'04
→ last Texas A&M '23
ER
E. Robinson
OC · Texas A&M · '19–'23
→ last Texas A&M '23
ML
M. Linguist
OC · Texas A&M · '19
→ last Buffalo '24
ME
Mike Elko
OC · Texas A&M · '18–'21
→ Texas A&M
JS
Jon Sumrall
LB coach · Alabama · '17–'19
→ Florida
JE
Jason Eck
DC · Troy · '22
→ New Mexico
KS
Kirby Smart
DC · Alabama · '15
→ Georgia
DL
Dan Lanning
DC/OLB · Georgia · '20
→ Oregon
LT
Lance Taylor
WR coach · Alabama · '16–'22
→ Western Michigan
MA
M. Applewhite
OC/QB coach · Alabama · '07
→ South Alabama
MD
Mark Dantonio
DB coach · Michigan State · '98
→ last Michigan State '19
MT
Mel Tucker
OC · Alabama · '15
→ last Michigan State '22
PG
Pete Golding
DC · Alabama · '21
→ Ole Miss
TL
Tosh Lupoi
co-DC/OLB · Alabama · '17
→ California
WM
Will Muschamp
DC · LSU · '04
→ last South Carolina '20
UM
Urban Meyer
WR coach · Colorado State · '90
→ last Ohio State '18
BH
Brian Hartline
OQC · Ohio State · '17
→ South Florida
CA
Chris Ash
OC · Ohio State · '14–'15
→ last Rutgers '19
DM
Dan Mullen
OC · Florida · '05
→ UNLV
GC
Geoff Collins
DC · Mississippi State · '12
→ last Georgia Tech '22
GK
Greg Knox
RB coach · Mississippi State · '11
→ last Florida '21
MD
Manny Diaz
DC · Mississippi State · '15
→ Duke
DH
Doc Holliday
OC · Florida · '05–'07
→ last Marshall '20
JCP
J.C. Price
DC · Marshall · '19
→ last Virginia Tech '21
GB
Gregg Brandon
OC · Bowling Green · '02
→ last Bowling Green '08
MC
Matt Campbell
OL coach · Bowling Green · '08
→ Penn State
TB
Tim Beckman
DC · Bowling Green · '04
→ last Illinois '14
KC
Kerry Coombs
STC · Ohio State · '15
→ last Cincinnati '22
MS
M. Sanford Jr.
OC · Utah · '04
→ last Western Kentucky '18
RD
Ryan Day
OC · Ohio State · '17
→ Ohio State
SL
Scot Loeffler
OC · Florida · '10
→ last Bowling Green '24
SD
Stan Drayton
RB coach · Ohio State · '12
→ last Temple '24
SA
Steve Addazio
OL coach · Florida · '10
→ last Colorado State '21
TB
Tim Beck
OC · Ohio State · '16
→ Coastal Carolina
TB
Tim Beckman
DC · Bowling Green · '02
→ last Illinois '14
TH
Tom Herman
OC · Ohio State · '14
→ last Florida Atlantic '24
Each box: role · school · overlap years. Bottom line = current job (cyan if active).