"I am honored and grateful for the opportunity to lead the University of West Alabama football program as head coach," Cochran said in a statement. "UWA has a rich tradition of at

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,

Cochran takes over a program coming off a 9-2 season nearly a year to the day from his departure from his coaching role at Georgia.

West Alabama has 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. Cochran,