Nick Saban has made a behavior of hiring former head coaches to his Alabama workers, and offensive coordinator Invoice O’Brien is in his second 12 months operating the offense.

O’Brien has beforehand been a head coach at Penn State and with the Houston Texans, and instructed reporters this week that he selected to come back to Alabama, and keep, due to the workers, led by Saban, and the sort of gamers he can coach.

O’Brien was requested about NFL alternatives he was talked about for as a chance within the offseason, and mentioned he made a dedication to Saban. O’Brien additionally recalled the supply from Saban, and he mentioned it was a chance he couldn’t go up.

“What it says about Coach Saban to rent guys which have run packages earlier than is that he’s very assured in his personal potential,” O’Brien mentioned. “He needs to rent what he believes in the perfect of the perfect on the market. No matter it’s. Coaches, help workers round him. And he needs to verify he’s doing every part he can to assist the gamers get higher.

“I feel while you see his observe report of who he’s employed right here. He’s had some nice staffs right here and he’s very assured in what he does, his course of and clearly, that’s been confirmed by way of time and it’s been nice to be a part of it.”