Joe Kines is no longer the defensive coordinator. For those that are upset...don't worry. Mal will find a place for ol' Joe somewhere in the Athletic administration. He's going to stay in T-town no matter what. Also hearing that Randy Ross, the director of football operations, was relieved of his duties this morning.
With that said, according to The Tallahassee Democrat, Kevin Steele, linebackers coach and executive head coach from Florida State, is the new defensive coordinator.
According to The Orlando Sentinel, it appears that Lance Thompson, from Central Florida, will be an assistant, although his exact job title is currently unknown right now.
If you need some new Saban gear and can't wait until they release the good stuff, check out BamaStuff.com for the "Member of the Sabanation!" shirts.
Check out Finebaum.com later this afternoon when they post his interview with new Alabama head coach Nick Saban.
If you want to know how everything went down, read this post from tidesports.com's forum. It's a pretty good rundown of the "behind the scenes" stuff that went down.
Also, thanks to Steve Mullen at TideSports.com, we have the links for the press conference video. It is in 3 parts, and they also have the mp3 audio of the entire presser.
