Alabama assistant Coleman Hutzler finalizing deal to become DC at Mississippi State
Alabama outside linebackers coach/special teams coordinator Coleman Hutzler is finalizing a deal to join head coach Jeff Lebby’s staff at Mississippi State as the defensive coordinator, according to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo! Sports. Hutzler and Lebby are close friends.
Hutzler is in his second year with the Crimson Tide, both as the outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator. He arrived at Alabama after three years at Ole Miss as the Rebels’ special teams coordinator and worked with Lebby during the 2021 football season.
Before serving as the special teams coordinator in Oxford, Hutzler was the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Texas in 2020, his lone year as a defensive coordinator. His previous stops involved him coaching special teams and linebackers — South Carolina (2016-19), Boston College (2015), Florida (2014, 2010-11) and New Mexico (2012-13).
Hutzler began his coaching career at San Diego, working as a defensive assistant in 2006. He moved on to Stanford in 2007 and served as a recruiting assistant before moving to the defensive side of the football for the Cardinal as a defensive assistant coach in 2008-09.
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A native of Las Vegas, Hutzler played football collegiately at Middlebury College in Vermont, where he also earned a degree in psychology. A linebacker from 2002-05, he was a team captain as a senior and left the Panthers football program ranking second in career tackles.
Should the expected hire be made, Hutzler will likely pull double duty between Tuscaloosa and Starkville as Alabama gets set to play No. 1 Michigan in the College Football Playoff.
*** This story will be updated.
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