Nick Sheridan, JaMarcus Shephard to remain on Alabama football staff with Ryan Grubb, per report

Posted by author February 3, 2025 Football

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Alabama football will have its fourth offensive coordinator in four seasons when the 2025 season kicks off.

On Sunday, Ryan Grubb was announced as the next Alabama offensive coordinator, a position coach Kalen DeBoer hinted at when he was at the Senior Bowl Tuesday.

While the Crimson Tide may have a new offensive coordinator, DeBoer won’t be losing his 2024 play caller.

According to a report by ESPN, Nick Sheridan, Alabama’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach will remain on staff in 2025 along with JaMarcus Shephard, the Crimson Tide’s co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach.

Both Shephard and Sheridan worked with Grubb at Washington in 2022 and 2023.

Sheridan was hired as offensive coordinator after Grubb was hired as the Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator before the 2024 season.

Grubb follows Bill O’Brien and Tommy Rees, who were each of Nick Saban’s final two offensive coordinators. Grubb was originally DeBoer’s offensive coordinator hire for his first season at Alabama, but instead took the same post with the Seattle Seahawks.

How did Nick Sheridan do as Alabama football offensive coordinator?

In his one season as Alabama offensive coordinator, Sheridan led the Crimson Tide to 422.8 yards of offense per game, seventh best in the SEC behind Ole Miss, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, LSU and Auburn.

Alabama had the fourth best run game in the SEC with 182.7 rushing yards per game, and the seventh best passing offense in the conference with 240.1 passing yards per game.

With Sheridan calling plays, Alabama averaged 35.5 points per game, third-best in the SEC and No. 22 nationally.

In losses to Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Michigan, Alabama averaged 17 points per game with just over 300 yards of total offense.

Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@gannett.com or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.