REPORT: Georgia Southern OC Bryan Ellis Joining Alabama Staff As Position Coach

Per reports from Tuscaloosa's 100.9 The Game as well as Bruce Feldman of The Athletic, Georgia Southern offensive coordinator Bryan Ellis is joining Kalen

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Per reports from Tuscaloosa's 100.9 The Game as well as Bruce Feldman of The Athletic, Georgia Southern offensive coordinator Bryan Ellis is joining Kalen DeBoer's staff at the University of Alabama. Ellis' new role will reportedly be coaching tight ends.

Ellis spent the previous two seasons at Georgia Southern as the OC and quarterbacks coach. Prior to that, he was a member of Tyson Helton's staff at Western Kentucky from 2019 to 2021. Ellis also spent 2014 to 2016 at WKU. 2017 and 2018, Ellis was an offensive assistant at USC under current Georgia Southern head coach Clay Helton.

SOURCE: Alabama is expected to hire Georgia Southern offensive coordinator Bryan Ellis as tight ends coach. He’s been an assistant at WKU and USC, where he coached QBs. @RyanCFowler first reported the move.

— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) February 19, 2024

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Ellis joins a staff that also features former South Alabama head coach Kane Wommack as defensive coordinator and former Buffalo head coach Maurice Linguist as defensive backs coach and co-defensive coordinator. 

DeBoer is in his first season as Alabama head coach following the retirement of longtime head coach and multiple-time national champion Nick Saban.