Jordan Howard prepares for the NFL Draft, while UAB taps into a USA connection in a new offensive coordinator that might be experiencing a tad bit of deja vu right about now.
***UAB is still in the process of assembling their roster player-wise, but an overlooked aspect of rebuilding the program is the coaching. AL.com had a profile this week on new UAB offensive coordinator Les Koenning, whom head coach Bill Clark called "a huge get."
Koenning and head coach Bill Clark have a deep relationship going back to their days coaching in the same staff at South Alabama, which was just starting up in 2009, so that fire to build a program together is certainly there.