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,

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.

MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - The University of West Alabama has hired Scott Cochran as its next Head Football Coach, the University announced in a Press Release on Monday. Cochran brings years of experience to Livingston, having been an Assistant and Strength and Conditioning Coach at LSU, the University of Alabama, and the University of Georgia.