Alabama to hire Baylor assistant as OL coach, per report
Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer has reportedly found a new offensive line coach.
The Crimson Tide is set to hire Baylor offensive line coach Chris Kapilovic, according to ESPN senior writer Pete Thamel. BamaOnLine also confirmed the expected addition. Kapilovic was hired at Baylor in December but is now expected to join DeBoer in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he will replace Scott Huff, who departed for the Seattle Seahawks this month.
Kapilovic has over 30 years of coaching experience that began as a high school offensive line coach in Deer Valley (Ariz.) High School in 1992. Before his brief, two-month stint at Baylor, Kapilovic was the offensive line coach at Michigan State from 2020-23. He was promoted as the assistant head coach and run-game coordinator for the Spartans in 2021.
Kapilovic played a major role in leading Michigan State to an 11-2 (7-2 Big Ten) record in 2021, which saw the Spartans finish in the top 10 in the national polls. His offensive line paved the way for Doak Walker Award winner and Walter Camp Player of the Year, Kenneth Walker III, in a record-setting 2021 season that saw him rush for 1,636 yards and 18 scores.
Pronounced kuh-pill-oh-vick, Kapilovic spent the 2019 season at Colorado as the offensive line coach and run-game coordinator. This came following a seven-year run at North Carolina, which saw him start out as the run-game coordinator and offensive line coach before a promotion to co-offensive coordinator in 2014. UNC went 11-3 (8-0 ACC) in 2015.
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In 2016, Kapilovic was promoted to assistant head coach and offensive coordinator while still working with the offensive line. His offense twice set North Carolina school records for points per game and total offense, while his 2018 line only allowed 10 sacks on the season.
Kapilovic also coached the offensive lines at Alabama State (2001-02), Missouri State (2006-07) and Southern Miss (2008-11) while serving as the run-game coordinator at both Missouri State and Southern Miss. He graduated from Missouri State with a degree in education in 1990 and became a student assistant coach the following season in 1991.
Alabama’s Expected 2024 Coaching Staff
OFFENSE
Nick Sheridan, OC/QB coach (Washington)
JaMarcus Shephard, Co-OC/WR coach (Washington)
Robert Gillespie, RB coach (Alabama)
Chris Kapilovic, OL coach (Baylor)
DEFENSE
Kane Wommack, DC/LB coach (South Alabama)
Freddie Roach, DL coach (Alabama)
Maurice Linguist, Co-DC/DB coach (Buffalo)
Colin Hitschler, Co-DC/DB coach (Wisconsin)
William Inge, LB coach (Washington)
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