After a week of speculation, it appears that former Tennessee head coach Butch Jones is set to take on an analyst role on Nick Saban’s staff at Alabama.
According to a report on Sunday from thespun.com, the announcement is expected to come sometime this week.
Under Saban, Alabama has served as a sort of defacto rehabilitation for fired coaches, such as former Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin who served as Saban’s offensive coordinator for fours seasons after being fired from USC in 2013.
In five seasons in Knoxville, Jones was 34-27 overall, including back-to-back 9 wins seasons in 2015 and 2016-but after guiding the Vols to their worst season in program history in 2017 (4-8), he was let go following a 50-17 loss to Missouri.