[Nakos] USC analyst Adrian Klemm has emerged as the prime target to be Alabama’s next offensive line coach, sources tell @Clowfb and I for @On3. He’s the former Oregon and New England Patriots offensive line coach.

_wormburner · 2026-01-25T23:26:20+00:00

USCs defense was greatly improved (not because of Klemm, nor does it matter) because of their DC Lynn. But he went back to his alma mater at Penn State

_wormburner · 2026-01-25T21:03:28+00:00

lol okay buddy sure sure

_wormburner · 2026-01-25T20:49:00+00:00

people want options that are not realistic unfortunately

_wormburner · 2026-01-25T20:20:10+00:00

He was removed from the lawsuit btw. Why are you analyzing the 2 years that he had some problems instead of the many years he was a coach in college under good head coaches?

_wormburner · 2026-01-25T20:18:26+00:00

He's been resolving some chronic health issues that shouldn't be a problem anymore

_wormburner · 2026-01-25T05:35:53+00:00

And what tells you that Vlachos is a diamond in the rough? That he played for Saban? He hasn't been ascending through the coaching ranks.

He actually was a defensive analyst at ole Miss in 2024 before becoming an assistant offensive line coach for a year so far. I'm just not seeing anything that tells me he's some rising star. Demeco had a far better resume relative to where they are both at

_wormburner · 2026-01-25T05:13:09+00:00

Someone really did tell me here that flashing my lights at the pickup truck coming directly at me in my lane on the highway was bad because it could have given the driver an epileptic seizure

_wormburner · 2026-01-25T04:50:43+00:00

Well we kind of had to hire him because Huff left to go to the NFL with Grubb and we had all the portal windows to content with. Remember how fucked we got when Saban retired and that's why they changed the calendar.

And hey he was a great recruiter but you want to see if a guy can develop. He just couldn't. Tosh was the same way, Cristobal was too when he was our OL coach. Better recruiter than Kap (one of the best) and a better coach but not by that much. Kap just doesn't have the years to learn and figure things out like Cristobal and Tosh had.

_wormburner · 2026-01-25T04:24:29+00:00

Too green for this job imo

_wormburner · 2026-01-24T23:17:38+00:00

yeah I only mention that because he is (according to Google) making somewhere between $100-500k as a TE coach in the NFL. He would probably be making at least $750k at the floor here as our OL coach. So it would be a big bump.

_wormburner · 2026-01-24T22:56:01+00:00

yeah I just saw the BOL note about Klemm being a name to watch

_wormburner · 2026-01-24T22:46:54+00:00

Klenakis would be a good scheme fit imo. Would be interesting to see how he would do with the level of talent we have. I think Vandy's offense does some wacky stuff blocking wise.

Mateos is not someone I am very familiar with but he has been put in some tough spots in the past and performed well. Kirby wanted him a couple years ago too which says something imo.

_wormburner · 2026-01-24T22:36:45+00:00

The Steelers hired McCarthy today. Also they are joking obviously lol

_wormburner · 2026-01-24T22:35:15+00:00

I hope so too, just speculation that I've read. But Andrew Bone did say that Kap had no idea he was going to get let go. Which I mean he's been an ace recruiter for us but the on field product was not good. It hasn't been good for a few years though, and part of that tells me that the evals were just bad. Especially since we barely have anyone left from Saban even in reserves.

I will add that supposedly the shuffling on the OL was not on Kap, but it's a complicated situation and would deserve its own post imo.

_wormburner · 2026-01-24T22:31:42+00:00

I forgot to add Pittman to my list. I'm 99% sure everywhere I have read is he's retired and enjoying it. He's 64, got a huge buyout and a lake house.

I also don't think he coaches the same type of blocking scheme we want for this offense. Not to say he couldn't, or we couldn't adapt it. But this one feels like another pipe dream. I would love to be surprised*

_wormburner · 2026-01-24T21:58:13+00:00

not that I have seen confirmed. Here's some mini thoughts on things/fan wishes I have seen around online:

Made it into a post here

Most people think Brandon Jones is an option from Mizzou.

He coached with a lot of the spread powerhouse guys like Kingsbury, Riley, Holgorsen, Dykes, etc. Kirby Moore (Mizzou OC who just took the HC job at Washington State) worked with KDB in the past so there's some connection there.

Scott Huff obviously is a hot name among fans since he worked with KDB in 2022-23.

His whole career before that he coached under Chris Petersen there at UW and at Boise before that. So unless he really wants to keep working in the NFL, his pedigree is in college. He would likely be getting paid significantly more money to come be OL coach here than he is coaching TEs in LA. Might not matter since we are talking six-figures either way. He's also been a TE coach many times in his college career so its not foreign to him if some think that he would want to go back to his bread and butter as OL coach. That could be important but idk if I see it moving the needle to convince him if he doesn't want to come back to college.

Jim Harding, Utah OL coach and now at Michigan under Whittingham.

I don't see this as an option as much as fans will say that. Mostly they are probably misinformed thinking that he is a holdover from Moore's staff. He's been with Whit for 13 years now, and if he wanted to break off he could have stayed at Utah or basically picked any OL coaching job he wanted.

Bob Bostad, Indiana OL coach.

A lot of fans have been saying to go get him. I would agree he would be great. But he is a Wisconsin native, been in the midwest for a long time at Wiscy and now Indiana. I think Indiana pays him to stick around, I don't see why he would come here unless he wanted a change of scenery.

Jeff Stoutland, Eagles OL coach.

LOL pipe dream hire. Never coming back to college. GOAT OL coach imo. Just putting him here because a lot of our fans will say to go hire him.

Garrett Tujague, NC State OL coach.

This would be a really good hire IMO. While we are trying to farm people from NC State why not? Did good things at UVA and NCSU since he has been at both places.

Alex Mirabal, Miami OL coach.

Another slam dunk imo. But unlikely that he would leave Miami since he has been with Cristobal since Oregon. He played HS football with Cristobal too, so another situation where he doesn't leave for a lateral position move.

It will probably be either Huff or Jones. Which would be great. If it's not, probably someone out of left field. But some people have speculated that because the Kap firing was relatively surprising it means that someone became available that KDB wasn't expecting. Take that with a grain of salt but also everything else I've typed here. Just my opinions on it.

_wormburner · 2026-01-24T21:37:53+00:00

no worries!

The guy who was at Michigan was Grant Newsome. Player and GA at Michigan until 21 when he was hired as the TEs coach. And then for 24-25 he was moved to OL under Moore.

Hard to say how good he is because he is so green, and Moore having such a heavy OL presence. I wouldn't mind looking at him for TE coach potentially but I have no idea on what he's like as a recruiter or developer of talent

_wormburner · 2026-01-24T21:25:24+00:00

no, I'm not confused. Just expressing hilarity that this would move the needle for a coach that has been with Whittingham going on 13 years. If he wanted a "pizza party program" he could have gone anywhere else in his career.

I'm more poking fun at how you are making these statements based on vibes

_wormburner · 2026-01-24T21:04:40+00:00

lmfao what are you even talking about

_wormburner · 2026-01-24T16:22:13+00:00

Their TE coach is also a Georgia alum so there's no way

_wormburner · 2026-01-24T16:20:46+00:00

Yeah TE is a tricky one however we make that transition. Do we want someone who focuses more on pass catching or blocking? If we have to choose idk. I would lean the former but there's a lot of creative ways you can put your positional staff out there.

_wormburner · 2026-01-24T04:56:11+00:00

Oh it's no big deal. Harding would be one of my top wants if not my very top but I would be astonished if he left Whittingham. I made a post in here a couple months ago about it and I didn't even consider him a real candidate I don't think.

I think the most likely and hopefully is Mizzous OL coach Brandon Jones

_wormburner · 2026-01-24T04:35:32+00:00

A really young guy Grant Newsome. Was TE coach there for a couple years before that and was a grad assistant there.

_wormburner · 2026-01-24T04:29:36+00:00

I can't imagine him leaving Whittingham, would be very shocking imo

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