Scott Cochran

Last updated

Scott Cochran
Current position
Title Head coach
Team West Alabama
Conference GSC
Record0–0
Biographical details
Born (1979-03-21) March 21, 1979 (age 45)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Alma mater LSU
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2002 LSU (GA)
2003–2004LSU (AS&C)
2004–2006 New Orleans Hornets (AS&C)
2007–2019 Alabama (S&C)
2020–2023 Georgia (STC)
2025–present West Alabama
Head coaching record
Overall0–0

Scott Cochran (born March 21, 1979) is an American college football coach who is the head football coach at West Alabama. Prior to that, he recently served as the special teams coordinator and strength and conditioning coach for the Georgia Bulldogs. He has won eight national championships throughout his coaching career. He also worked in the NBA as an assistant strength coach for the New Orleans Hornets.

Contents

Coaching career

LSU

Scott began his coaching career at his alma mater Louisiana State University where he served as a graduate assistant from 2001 to 2002. In 2003 he was named an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the team and won his first national championship under Nick Saban. [1]

Hornets

The New Orleans native began working for his hometown NBA team the Hornets in 2004 as an assistant strength and conditioning coach and remained there until the end of the 2006–07 season. [2] [1]

Alabama

In 2007 [3] Scott reunited with Saban and became a part of his inaugural Alabama staff as the team's head strength and conditioning coach. [4] [5] There he won an additional five national championships and remained with the team until the end of the 2019 season after growing tension with coach Saban. [6] [7]

Georgia

In 2020 Scott joined Kirby Smart’s Georgia coaching staff as the team's special teams coordinator. [8] [9] Cochran was part of the Georgia staff that won the 2022 National Championship over Alabama. [10] He won his second title with Georgia when they defeated TCU in the 2023 National Championship. [11]

On February 14, 2024, Scott resigned from the Georgia coaching staff and was replaced with Kirk Benedict. [12] [13]

West Alabama

On February 3, 2025, Cochran was announced as the new head football coach at West Alabama. [14] [15]

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs AFCA#D2°
West Alabama Tigers (Gulf South Conference)(2025–present)
2025 West Alabama0–00–0
West Alabama:0–00–0
Total:0–0

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nick Saban</span> American football coach (born 1951)

Nicholas Lou Saban Jr. is an American sportscaster and former professional and college football coach. He serves as an analyst for ESPN's College GameDay, a television program covering college football. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest football coaches of all time. Saban served as head coach of the National Football League (NFL)'s Miami Dolphins and at four universities: the University of Toledo, Michigan State University, Louisiana State University (LSU), and most famously the University of Alabama, where he last coached from 2007 to 2023 and led the team to six national championships in nine championship appearances during that period.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Will Muschamp</span> American football player and coach (born 1971)

William Lawrence Muschamp is an American football coach and former player who is a defensive analyst at the University of Georgia. He previously served as the Bulldogs' co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach from 2022 to 2024. Before his time at Georgia, he served as head football coach at the University of Florida from 2011 to 2014 and at the University of South Carolina from 2016 to 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mike Bobo</span> American football player and coach (born 1974)

Robert Michael Bobo is an American college football coach who is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Georgia, his alma mater. He was the head coach at Colorado State from 2015 to 2019. Bobo is known for his pro-style type offensive schemes which cater to the ability to control clock and create long methodical drives.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kirby Smart</span> American football player and coach (born 1975)

Kirby Paul Smart is an American football coach and former player. He is the current head football coach at the University of Georgia, his alma mater. As head coach, he led the Bulldogs to back-to-back national championships in 2021 and 2022.

James Coley is an American football coach who is currently the wide receivers coach at the Georgia Bulldogs. He had previously been co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach at Texas A&M University.

Todd Robert Monken is an American professional football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He was also an offensive coordinator for the University of Georgia, Cleveland Browns, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oklahoma State University and Eastern Michigan University, as well as the head coach at the University of Southern Mississippi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brent Key</span> American football player and coach (born 1978)

Donald Brent Key is an American college football coach and former player. Key is the head football coach at his alma mater, Georgia Tech as of November 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kevin Sherrer</span> American football player and coach (born 1973)

Kevin Sherrer is an American football coach and former player. He is the defensive coordinator for Georgia State University, a position he has held since 2024. Before that was the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. He also previously served as the defensive coordinator at the University of Tennessee (2018–2019), the outside linebackers coach at Georgia (2014–2017), the defensive coordinator at South Alabama (2013), the Director of Player Development at Alabama (2010–2012), and as a high school assistant coach at Hoover High School, Spain Park High School, and Tuscaloosa County. He played college football at Alabama.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Billy Napier</span> American football coach (born 1979)

William Hall Napier is an American football coach currently serving as head coach at the University of Florida. From 2017 until 2021, he was head coach at the University of Louisiana, amassing a 40–12 record in four seasons with three consecutive 10+ win seasons and two seasons finishing in the AP Poll, both firsts in the program's history. Prior to Louisiana, he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arizona State University in 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fran Brown</span> American football player and coach (born 1982)

Francis Brown is an American football coach and former cornerback who is currently the head coach at Syracuse University. He is the former defensive backs coach at Georgia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Carolina Gamecocks football under Steve Spurrier</span> College football team

Steve Spurrier, former national championship-winning head football coach at the University of Florida, served as the head coach of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks football team from November 23, 2004, until October 12, 2015. It was Spurrier's fifth tenure as a head coach, his second longest tenure as a head coach, and his third and final tenure as a head coach in college football. He served as South Carolina's 32nd head coach, as well as their second-longest-tenured head coach.

Glenn Schumann is an American college football coach who is currently the defensive coordinator for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Karl Scott is an American football coach for the Seattle Seahawks. He previously coached at the collegiate level at Alabama and Texas Tech.

Freddie Roach is an American college football coach and former linebacker. He is the assistant head coach and defensive line coach for the University of Alabama, positions he has held since 2020.

Bo Davis is an American football coach and former defensive lineman who is currently the defensive line coach for LSU.

Doug Belk is an American football coach who is currently the defensive backs coach at USC. He last served as the defensive coordinator and safeties coach for Houston.

Scott Fountain is an American football coach who is the special teams coordinator at the University of Arkansas. Prior to being hired at Arkansas, he was the special teams coordinator at the University of Georgia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Georgia Bulldogs football team</span> American college football season

The 2022 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia in the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia, and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by seventh-year head coach Kirby Smart. They entered the season as the defending consensus national champions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Alabama Crimson Tide football team</span> American college football season

The 2023 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season marked the Crimson Tide's 129th overall season, 90th as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and 32nd and final season within the SEC Western Division, with Texas and Oklahoma joining the SEC on July 1, 2024. They played their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and were led by Nick Saban in his 17th and final season as head coach.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Georgia Bulldogs football team</span> American college football season

The 2023 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia in the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. The team was led by Kirby Smart in his eighth year as Georgia's head coach. The Bulldogs entered this season as the two-time defending consensus national champions.

References

  1. 1 2 alabamanow (February 24, 2020). "Reports: Alabama's iconic strength coach Scott Cochran headed to Georgia". Alabama Now. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  2. ↑ Feldman, Bruce; Staples, Andy (February 24, 2020). "Georgia and Scott Cochran have much to gain from Cochran's move from Alabama". The Athletic. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Scott Cochran - Champions of The Round Table". championsoftheroundtable.weebly.com. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Meet Scott Cochran, The Architect Behind Alabama Football's Super Athletes". stack. January 3, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  5. ↑ Burton, Larry. "Why Strength Coach Scott Cochran Is Alabama Football's Ace in the Hole". Bleacher Report. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Why Scott Cochran left Alabama for UGA". al. March 5, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Scott Cochran Explains Why He Left Alabama For Georgia". The Spun . September 4, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  8. ↑ Riley, Connor (February 24, 2021). "Evaulating year 1 of Scott Cochran at UGA and what his impact will be going forward". DawgNation. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  9. ↑ Towers, Chip (March 9, 2020). "How will Scott Cochran motivate Georgia's special team rebuild?". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  10. ↑ Blinder, Alan (January 10, 2022). "How Georgia Beat Alabama to Win College Football's National Championship". The New York Times. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  11. ↑ Witz, Billy (January 9, 2023). "How Georgia Romped Past T.C.U. For a Second Straight Title". The New York Times. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  12. ↑ Kirby II, Christian (February 14, 2024). "Georgia Releases Statement Following Resignations of Two Staff Members". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  13. ↑ Adams, Kipp. "Georgia football adds former Duke assistant Kirk Benedict to support staff". 247sports.com. 247Sports . Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  14. ↑ "University of West Alabama Announces Scott Cochran as New Head Football Coach". University of West Alabama Athletics. February 3, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  15. ↑ Rittenberg, Adam (February 3, 2025). "West Alabama hires longtime SEC assistant Scott Cochran as coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.