Alabama Without Another Member of Radio Broadcast Team

Former Crimson Tide All-American Rashad Johnson joins Tampa Bay Buccaneers coaching staff as a defensive analyst.

Christopher Walsh | Aug 31, 2022

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The Alabama radio team will be down another part of its broadcast team this season, but this time it's for a reason worth celebrating.

Former Crimson Tide All-American safety Rashad Johnson has gotten into coaching and has been named as part of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers staff. He's listed as a defensive assistant.

Johnson had been granted a Bill Walsh Coaching Fellow that allowed him to assist the coaching staff during training camp.

Apparently the Buccaneers liked what they saw and hired him full-time.

Johnson has been the sideline reporter for the Crimson Tide Sports Network for four seasons. This years's broadcasts will already be without Eli Gold, who has been sidelined due to health reasons.

Chris Stewart will fill in as necessary until Gold is able to return. Cory Reamer was hired to fill in Stewart's former position as broadcast host. John Parker Wilson remains the analyst for radio broadcast.

The NFL Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship is only available to former players. Johnson was selected in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals. He played for them through 2015, and then spent one season with the Tennessee Titans,

The program's objective is to use NFL clubs’ training camps, offseason workout programs and minicamps to give talented coaches opportunities to observe, participate, gain experience and ultimately gain a full-time NFL coaching position

"Designed as a vocational tool to increase the number of full-time NFL minority coaches, all 32 NFL clubs participate each year. Specific aspects of the program — including hiring, compensation and coaching duties — are administered on a club-by-club basis."

Alabama opens the season Saturday against Utah State at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Christopher Walsh is the founder and publisher of BamaCentral, which first published in 2018. He's covered the Crimson Tide since 2004, and is the author of 26 books including Decade of Dominance, 100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Nick Saban vs. College Football, and Bama Dynasty: The Crimson Tide's Road to College Football Immortality. He's an eight-time honoree of Football Writers Association of America awards and three-time winner of the Herby Kirby Memorial Award, the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s highest writing honor for story of the year. In 2022, he was named one of the 50 Legends of the ASWA. Previous beats include the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, along with Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. Originally from Minnesota and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, he currently resides in Tuscaloosa.

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