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Alabama Football: 5 Possible OC Replacements for Lane Kiffin

By Michael Collins

Sep 10, 2016; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin talks to head coach Nick Saban at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Tide defeated the Hilltoppers 38-10. Mandatory Credit: Marvin Gentry-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 10, 2016; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin talks to head coach Nick Saban at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Tide defeated the Hilltoppers 38-10. Mandatory Credit: Marvin Gentry-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 11, 2016; Glendale, AZ, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide wide receivers coach Billy Napier with wide receiver Daylon Charlot (4) against the Clemson Tigers in the 2016 CFP National Championship at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 11, 2016; Glendale, AZ, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide wide receivers coach Billy Napier with wide receiver Daylon Charlot (4) against the Clemson Tigers in the 2016 CFP National Championship at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /

Billy Napier: Wide Receivers Coach, Alabama

We now come to the most obvious name on this list, and the man who has been getting a lot of support for the job, Billy Napier.

For the past four seasons, Napier has been learning under Saban as the wide receivers coach to which he has been quite successful in producing a couple of the best wideouts in Alabama history – Amari Cooper and Calvin Ridley,

Prior to coming to Tuscloosa, Napier coached for seven years at Clemson in the 2000s before joining the Crimson Tide’s staff as an offensive analyst for Alabama’s 2011 national championship season. He then returned to Alabama in 2013 after serving as quarterbacks coach at Colorado State for former Bama offensive coordinator, and now Florida head coach, Jim McElwain.

Napier is the front-runner in the opinion of many, and given his body of work under Saban and his deep understanding of not only what Nick Saban wants but what this team needs, he seems like the most solid choice of the bunch.

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