Crimson Tide offensive coordinator Brian Daboll going back to NFL

January 14, 2018 at 8:50 p.m. | Updated January 14, 2018 at 8:51 p.m.

by Associated Press

After a one-season stint as offensive coordinator at the University of Alabama, Brian Daboll has been hired for the same job by the Buffalo Bills. Daboll was an assistant coach for the New England Patriots before joining the Crimson Tide, who won the CFP national championship last week.
After a one-season stint as offensive coordinator at the University of Alabama, Brian Daboll has been hired for the same job by the Buffalo Bills. Daboll was an assistant coach for the New England Patriots before joining the Crimson Tide, who won the CFP national championship last week.

BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Buffalo Bills have hired University of Alabama assistant coach Brian Daboll as their offensive coordinator.

Coach Sean McDermott announced Daboll's hiring Sunday, two days after firing Rick Dennison.

Daboll, 42, was the offensive coordinator for the national champion Crimson Tide this past season. It was the sixth time he was part of a championship-winning team's coaching staff.

Before joining the Tide last season, Daboll was the tight ends coach for Super Bowl champion New England. He has 17 seasons of NFL coaching experience, including stints as the offensive coordinator for Cleveland (2009-10), Miami (2011) and Kansas City (2012).

Daboll has previous ties to McDermott, serving as an assistant at William & Mary when McDermott was a senior safety in 1997. Daboll also has western New York roots, having graduated from St. Francis High School in Athol Springs, a few miles from the Bills' facility.

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