(12-14-2018, 07:47 PM)JJJ Wrote:Quote:TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Former Maryland coach D.J. Durkin is spending time with the Alabama football staff but hasn't been hired.
Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said in a statement Friday that Durkin "is spending a few days with our staff in Tuscaloosa from a professional development standpoint." Saban says Durkin hasn't been "hired in any capacity" but is observing Alabama's football operations as other coaches have done.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nca.../38739837/
His Wikipedia page indicates he is a current employee of Alabama.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._J._Durkin
He coached with Harbaugh twice and Meyer twice. He's probably got a little crazy in him.
FLWIW, I think most football coaches are a little bit nuts. My high school coaches were tinpot tyrants and narcissistic sociopaths as I understand the term. The head coach ended up as an administrator in a South Bay school district. They got him out of teaching/coaching as soon as they could. His nickname, a play on his last name, among the local teachers was the same as a Star Wars villain. He was the PE coach as well as the football coach, and fit just about every negative stereotype you can imagine.
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