The coaching carousel continues to spin in college and the NFL.
Ryan Grubb was expected to join Alabama as the next offensive coordinator, but ended up jumping to the NFL to take the same role with the Seahawks. ESPN reported on friday.
Grubb was rumored to be heading to Seattle last week, but he told the people of Tuscaloosa during Wednesday’s National Signing Day event at Bryant-Denny Stadium that he wasn’t going anywhere.
“I’m Ryan Grubb, the new offensive coordinator,” he said. According to the next round.
Although he was never announced as the Crimson Tide’s offensive coordinator, he was already recruiting and wearing Alabama gear. The Tuscaloosa News reported.
New head coach Karen DeBoer has had Grubb as offensive coordinator at Washington for the past two seasons, and it looked like the two would work together at Alabama after reaching college football’s national title game last season. .
DeBoer and Grubb previously worked together at Sioux Falls, Eastern Michigan and Frenso State, but this expected pro recruitment will separate them and leave a vacancy at Alabama.
Grubb will instead work with new Seahawks coach Mike McDonald, who will replace Seattle legend Pete Carroll.
Last season in Washington, Grubb oversaw one of the top offenses in the Pac-12, with the Huskies and star quarterback Michael Penix Jr. gaining total yards per game (462.1) and points per game ( 36) and finished in 3rd place.
He takes over a Seahawks team with quarterback Geno Smith under center, who is under contract for two more years.
The move comes amid an uproar that has engulfed the college football coaching staff, with Chip Kelly leaving UCLA to become Ohio State’s new offensive coordinator and Bill O’Brien taking the head coaching job at Boston University. It was held in the midst of
