Scott Cochran, once the most famous strength and conditioning coach in college football as Nick Saban's right-hand man, is back in college football as a head coach. Cochran, who most recently was on Georgia's 2023 staff,

West Alabama hired Scott Cochran, a longtime SEC staff member who served as Alabama's strength coach under Nick Saban and later spoke out about his addiction to painkillers, as its new coach.

Scott Cochran is back in the game. The former Alabama football strength coach is the new head coach at West Alabama, the Tigers announced on Monday. Cochran had been out of coaching since after the 2023 season,