heard he will be in town tomorrow.... Major Applewhite, one of the most popular Longhorn football players in school history, has been contacted by coach Mack Brown for an opening on the UT staff. Applewhite, 29, currently is the offensive coordinator for Alabama. The opening on Brown’s staff is for a running backs coach. Ken Rucker, who had been in charge of UT running backs for the past three seasons, was moved last week to a newly created post, directing high school relations and player development. “I think it’s a done deal,” said a source close to Applewhite. “They wouldn’t have contacted him if they weren’t close to hiring him.” UT officials said Brown was on the road recruiting Monday and that they could not confirm if Applewhite had been contacted. The Tuscaloosa News also was reporting Monday that Applewhite was interviewing with the Longhorns. However, the story did not cite a source. It’s unclear when Applewhite will interview for the job. He was recruiting for Alabama Monday. Rucker, one of UT’s top recruiters, also was on the road visiting prospects. He can stay on the road recruiting until Brown hires his replacement. National signing day is Feb. 6. Applewhite played for Texas from 1998-2001. He still owns the school record for most passing yardage in a season (3,357) and career (8,353). He served two years as a graduate assistant at Texas, working with the offensive line, before leaving in 2005 to serve as an assistant at Syracuse. He then became the youngest offensive coordinator in the country when he served a one-year stint with Rice in 2006. Nick Saban hired him at Alabama for 2007. Applewhite is earning $250,000 as offensive coordinator for the Crimson Tide, although offensive line coach Joe Pendry, Saban’s assistant head coach, also is in charge of game plans. statesman Alabama story
highly doubt it. Why would he leave his post as offensive coordinator at a SEC program to become a Quarterbacks coach?
Wow, you're very mistaken.. First of all, the Crimson Tide's tradition goes back much further than the Longhorns. 2ndly, you're also vastly overrating Austin and slamming Alabama at the same time. Very classy there . I'm sure there's plenty of people out there who speak of "Texas" the same way you ignorantly speak of "Alabama" (Just so you know). The only reason I see he'd come back to Texas is because he's an Alumni- which is a big motivator.
hmmm...good for the Horns if they get him back. I think he has a bright future. That said, is it normal for a QB to coach Running Backs? That seems a bit odd. It also seems kind of like a demotion since he is an OC in a better conference. I always figured he would stay at 'Bama until the OC position was open at UT then he would make the move. But good for UT if they get him back.
apparently - - he is being positioned to take over for Davis eventually down the line - he's the scapegoat for Alabama's offensive problems - he might not even be offered a job in Alabama next year - saban chews through assistant coaches - his wife prefers Austin
The Tide's football team, started in 1892, is one of the oldest in the country. The program has won 21 SEC titles and claims a total of 12 national championships: in 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, and 1992. There are also five additional years in which the NCAA's official record book recognizes the Crimson Tide as national champion: 1945, 1962, 1966, 1975, and 1977. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide
Holy 'Rolling Tide! Check out some of these qualifiers, lol: 1. 1925 National Championship-Alabama shares this championship with Dartmouth. Alabama was awarded the national championship by Houlgate and Helms. These are retroactive national championshipes. Houlgate started his system in 1927 and the Helms Athletic Foundation started in 1941. 2. 1926 National Championship-Alabama finished with a record of 9-0-1 and shares this national championship with 3 other teams (Stanford: 10-0-1, Navy: 9-0-1, and Brown: 9-0-1) Alabama's National Championship is retroactive and was awarded by the Helms Athletic Foundation. 3. 1930 National Championship-The Davis poll says that Alabama and Notre Dame split the National Championship in 1930. Notre Dame was named National Champions in all other polls. Alabama's National Championship is retroactive and was awarded by Parke Davis in 1933. 4. 1934 National Championship-Alabama was awarded the National Championship by Dunkel, Williamson, and Football Thesaurus. The Football Thesaurus National Championship was retroactive and was awarded in 1946. Minnesota won the AP National Championship this year. 5. 1941 National Championship-The Football Thesaurus National Championship was retroactively awarded to Alabama in 1946. Alabama finished ranked 20th in the AP poll in 1941. There were 14 teams with better records in the AP top 20. Alabama finished 3rd in the SEC in 1941. 6. 1961 National Championship-Alabama was named National Champions in all but one national poll. 7. 1964 National Championship-Alabama was awarded the AP National Championship before they played in the Orange Bowl. Alabama lost this game to Texas by a final score of 21-17. Alabama finished with a record of 10-1-0 second only to Arkansas which finished 11-0-0. 8. 1965 National Championship-Alabama was awarded the AP National Championship finishing with a record of 9-1-1. There were only three teams with better records for the 1965 season (Michigan State: 10-1-0, Arkansas: 10-1-0, and Nebraska: 10-1-0) 9. 1973 National Championship- Alabama was awarded the UPI National Championship before a bowl game loss to Notre Dame to finish the season. Alabama finished fourth in the AP poll in 1973. Three teams (Penn State: 12-0-0, Notre Dame: 11-0-0, and Oklahoma: 10-0-1) finished the season with better records than Alabama. Following the 1973 season the UPI began naming National Champions after bowl games. So they have the same number of national championships in the last 25 years, and UT has one in the 21st century, which Alabama does not. We don't even need to get the difference between Austin and Tuscaloosa (chuckle).
Major doesn't get along well with head coaches. He'd have shouting matches with Toad Graham at Rice, and I've heard (2nd hand) that him and Saban don't get along that well. Nobody would go from Alabama's offensive coordinator to a running backs coach at UT-Austin, career-wise. The only thing that might make him do it is if he were guaranteed something down the road. I'm surprised he's got any kind of loyalty to UThug given how he was treated during his time with him and Chrissy.
Spot on. Visiting friends in New York, the mere mention that I was from Texas caused some rude behavior...speaking in a slow, Southern twang when they asked questions, etc. The knee-jerk bashing of other places is lame. If you are going to look for a reason Applewhite wants out of Alabama it might be that Nick Saban usually has poor working relationships with his staff.
