Alabama Working to Finalize Hire of New Tight Ends Coach, Per Reports

The Alabama Crimson Tide is finalizing a deal to hire a new tight ends coach, with Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reporting that the Crimson Tide is targeting Louisville offensive line coach Richard Owens to be the Crimson Tide's new tight ends coach.

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Owens, a 45-year-old originally from Middleburg, Florida, played college football with the Louisville Cardinals from 1999 to 2003. He went undrafted in the 2004 NFL draft, but played two seasons with the Minnesota Vikings and one season with the St. Louis Rams.

He began his coaching career with the Arkansas Razorbacks in 2010 as a graduate assistant before becoming the tight ends coach at UAB in 2012. He spent one season as the Blazers offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach in 2013 before moving back to coaching tight ends in 2014. In 2015, he went to South Alabama, where he spent three seasons with the Jaguars as the tight ends coach (2015) and the offensive line coach (2016 and 2017).

He spent one season at Louisville as the Cardinals' tight ends coach before returning to UAB as the offensive line coach from 2019-2021. He was the offensive line coach at Georgia Southern in 2022 before returning to Louisville in 2023 to become the offensive line coach. Now, he will join Alabama as the tight ends coach under head coach Kalen DeBoer.

Owens fills the final coaching staff vacancy for the Crimson Tide currently. Here is what Alabama's coaching staff currently looks like:

Head Coach: Kalen DeBoer
Offensive Coordinator: Ryan Grubb
Running Backs Coach: Robert Gillespie
Wide Receivers Coach: Derrick Nix*
Offensive Line Coach: Adrian Klemm*
Tight Ends Coach: Robert Owens*

Defensive Coordinator: Kane Wommack
Defensive Line Coach: Freddie Roach
Linebackers Coach: Chuck Morrell
Cornerbacks Coach: Maurice Linguist
Safeties Coach: Jason Jones

Special Teams Coordinator: Jay Nunez

Wyatt Fulton is the Tide 100.9 DME and Brand Manager, primarily covering Alabama Crimson Tide football and men's basketball. For more Crimson Tide coverage, follow Wyatt on X (Formerly known as Twitter) at @FultonW_.