The Alabama Crimson Tide's coaching staff just lost WR coach and co-offensive coordinator JaMarcus Shephard to the Oregon State Beavers, who hired the 42-year-old Fort Wayne, Indiana, native as their next head coach on Friday morning.
Per ESPN's Pete Thamel, "Oregon State has agreed to terms on a five-year deal to make Alabama co-offensive coordinator JaMarcus Shephard as the school’s next coach." CBS Sports was the first outlet to link Shephard to OSU.
The timing couldn't have been any better for the Auburn Tigers on Shephard's major announcement for his first career head coaching job, as the Iron Bowl looms on Saturday night under the lights at Jordan-Hare Stadium.