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Alabama HC Nick Saban, AD Greg Byrne Test Positive for COVID-19

Alabama’s Nick Saban says he has tested positive for COVID-19, but has no symptoms; Athletic Director Greg Bryne also has positive test. This comes four days before a Top-3 match-up against #3 Georgia Bulldogs. Both Saban and Byrne received positive tests Wednesday. Saban says he isn’t experiencing any symptoms. He says he immediately left the football facility to quarantine at…

Tide Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach Introduced as Pike Lib’s New Head Coach

  A former member of Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban’s staff is coming to Pike County. Pike Liberal Arts School in Troy introduced former Tide Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach Mario White as the school’s new Athletic Director and Head Football Coach. White was also the special assistant to Saban. White worked directly for Scott Cochran, who recently left to…

University of Alabama AD Retires, Takes New Position with University

Bill Battle, Director of Athletics at The University of Alabama, announced Sunday evening that he is going to retire from his post to assume a new role as Special Assistant to the President. Battle, currently in his fourth year as Director of Athletics, had led the Crimson Tide athletics department since March of 2013, when he succeeded the late Mal…