Alabama's Saban hires Auburn assistant coach Willis

La Bomba · Jan 22, 2009

Saban also said that he has hired Carolina Panthers defensive line coach Sal Sunseri, a college star at Pittsburgh, to join Willis in coaching linebackers.

Willis, an All-Southeastern Conference linebacker at Auburn who played seven seasons in the NFL, has been with Auburn since 2006. He will be an associate head coach at Alabama and fill the vacancy created when another Tide rival, Tennessee, hired Lance Thompson, a key Alabama recruiter and linebackers coach.

“We tried to go out and hire the best possible coaches when this process started, and I’m confident we’ve done that,” Saban said in a statement Wednesday. “James has everything you would want in terms of finding an outstanding coach and an outstanding recruiter.”

Willis, a Huntsville native, said Saban is “one of the best defensive coaches in the game, and this is a chance to gain some great experience and learn from the best.”
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