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Falcons Hire Alabama Crimson Tide Assistant to Defensive Staff

The Alabama Crimson Tide is losing a member of its coaching staff. The Atlanta Falcons are poaching Dave Huxtable and hiring him to help out with the defense.

Jeremy Brener

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The Atlanta Falcons are slowly putting together their defensive coaching staff for next season.

According to FootballScoop, the Falcons are hiring longtime assistant and Alabama analyst Dave Huxtable to the coaching staff.

Huxtable, 66, has coached in the college ranks for 40 years but is now making the jump to the pros.

While Huxtable spent the past two years in Tuscaloosa as a defensive analyst on Nick Saban's staff, he has been all over the map. Huxtable previously coached at Iowa State, Western Kentucky, East Carolina, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, UCF, Wisconsin, Pittsburgh, NC State and Texas.

With the retirement of longtime coordinator Dean Pees and departure of several assistants, the Falcons have needed to pick up the pieces and reshuffle.

While hiring Ryan Nielsen to be the team's defensive coordinator and Jerry Gray to be the team's assistant head coach, the leadership is there at the top. Adding an experienced mind like Huxtable's could bring a huge benefit to the staff and provide a unique voice that may not already be there.

His experience at Alabama over the past two years should also put Crimson Tide players on the Falcons' radar for this year's draft, which is scheduled for Thursday, April 27. 

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Jeremy Brener
JEREMY BRENER

Jeremy Brener is an editor, writer and social media manager for several Fan Nation websites. His work has also been featured in 247 Sports and SB Nation as a writer and podcaster. Brener has been with Fan Nation since 2021. Brener grew up in Houston, going to Astros, Rockets and Texans games as a kid. He moved to Orlando in 2016 to go to college and pursue a degree. He hosts "The Dream Take" podcast covering the Rockets, which has produced over 350 episodes since March 2020. Brener graduated in May 2020 from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism minoring in Sport Business Management. While at UCF, Brener worked for the school's newspaper NSM.today and "Hitting the Field," a student-run sports talk show and network. He was the executive producer for "Hitting the Field" from 2019-20. During his professional career, Brener has covered a number of major sporting events including the Pro Bowl, March Madness and several NBA and NFL games. As a fan, Brener has been to the 2005 World Series, 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 NCAA National Championship between the Villanova Wildcats and North Carolina Tar Heels. Now, Brener still resides in the Central Florida area and enjoys writing, watching TV, hanging out with friends and going to the gym. Brener can be followed on Twitter @JeremyBrener. For more inquiries, please email jeremybrenerchs@gmail.com.

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