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Ex-Husky TE Coach Sheridan Appears Set to Become Alabama Offensive Coordinator

He previously was the OC for Indiana and was fired after two seasons.
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Ex-Husky TE Coach Sheridan Appears Set to Become Alabama Offensive Coordinator
Ex-Husky TE Coach Sheridan Appears Set to Become Alabama Offensive Coordinator

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With Ryan Grubb choosing to pass on the Alabama offensive coordinator role in favor of coaching for the Seattle Seahawks, it appears former University of Washington tight-ends coach Nick Sheridan will step into that role for Kalen DeBoer and the Crimson Tide, according to multiple news outlets.

Sheridan, 35, is a former Indiana OC who was fired after two seasons once he replaced DeBoer in that job and came to the UW to resurrect his coaching career.

A former Michigan quarterback, Sheridan was fairly well received in Montlake for further developing the Huskies' talented tight-end corps that will send Devin Culp and Jack Westover to the NFL Scouting Combine at the end of the month.

Sheridan spent five seasons at Indiana in all, initially hired as the quarterbacks coach for the first two, which paired him up with a true freshman signal-caller named Michael Penix Jr. in 2018. 

He coached the tight ends in 2019 while DeBoer became the Hoosiers' offensive coordinator for that season only, and he replaced DeBoer when the latter left to become the Fresno State head coach.

As the OC, Sheridan shared in the success of a 6-2 team that put Indiana in the Outback Bowl against Mississippi during the COVID-shortened 2020 season and then was made a scapegoat when the Hoosiers suffered through a 2-10 downturn and was let go. In each season, Penix was lost to a season-ending injury.

Sheridan was one of five UW coaches who left with DeBoer for Alabama, joined by receivers coach JaMarcus Shephard, linebackers coach William Inge, offensive-line coach Scott Huff and offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb, before Grubb and Huff pivoted and accepted offers with the NFL's Seahawks and stayed put in the Northwest.

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DAN RALEY

Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.

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