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Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne said in a social media post that basketball Nate Oats' contract will go before the school's Board of Trustees next week. The 19th-ranked Crimson Tide played Florida on Friday night in the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinal round.
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More than half of Americans say they are against college athletes unionizing, though younger respondents were more supportive than older, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey found that 55% of adults believe NCAA athletes should not be permitted to form unions that would led to collective bargaining with schools. This follows a Congressional roundtable featuring former Alabama football coach Nick Saban on legislation to regulate college sports. Texas Senator Ted Cruz doubts the measure will pass Congress.
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Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban, Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne and Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner Jim Phillips met with Texas Senator Ted Cruz. The subject was legislation to regulate College football and other sports. Cruz came away less certain it will pass.
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The NCAA handed down a five-year suspension as part of a 15-year show cause order against former Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon on Thursday, effectively banning him from college coaching, after he provided information to a gambler who used it to make illegal wagers against the Crimson Tide.
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The Associated Press reports Maurice Linguist informed the University at Buffalo that he is resigning as football coach following three seasons and after agreeing to join Kalen DeBoer's staff at Alabama.
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A new chapter has begun for fans of college football at the University of Alabama. Coach Kalen DeBoer is taking over for Nick Saban, who’s retiring after seventeen seasons in Tuscaloosa. The Crimson Tide’s new coach is already hiring personnel after his first public appearance over the weekend. Here’s more on the expectations Coach DeBoer is facing after just a few days on the job.
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South Alabama coach Kane Wommack resigned and is headed to Alabama to become defensive coordinator for coach Kalen DeBoer. South Alabama athletic director Joel Erdmann told The Associated Press that Alabama is "getting an amazing human being who sincerely cares for his players and his team and those surrounding the program."
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The new head coach of the University of Alabama’s football team is settling into his new job. Kalen DeBoer is taking over for Nick Saban, who’s retiring after seventeen seasons and six national championships.
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The Kalen DeBoer era begins at the University of Alabama football program, as do as the expectationsKalen DeBoer embraces chance to replace Nick Saban as head football coach at Alabama, promises ex-coach '100 percent access.’ Kalen DeBoer stood at a lectern, only a few feet from Nick Saban, and enthusiastically embraced the chance to both replace and learn from his larger-than-life predecessor.
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Nick Saban accomplished the unimaginable in actually raising the bar for Alabama football, where Paul "Bear" Bryant had long been the measuring stick. Alabama Public Radio reported nationally on NPR on possible replacements for the all time most national championship winning coach.