Personnel 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1 personnel

1.1 coaching staff
1.2 returning starters

1.2.1 offense
1.2.2 defense
1.2.3 special teams


1.3 depth chart
1.4 recruiting class

personnel
coaching staff

alabama head coach nick saban entered fifth year crimson tide s head coach 2011 season. during previous 4 years alabama, led crimson tide overall record of 38 wins, 11 losses (38–11) , 2009 national championship. in weeks after capitol 1 bowl victory, several changes made alabama coaching staff. defensive line coach bo davis resigned position serve defensive tackles coach texas, , next day chris rumph hired clemson, replace him defensive line coach. on january 12, assistant head coach , offensive line coach joe pendry announced retirement, , following day former miami interim head coach jeff stoutland hired replace him offensive line coach. on january 21, wide receivers coach , recruiting coordinator curt cignetti resigned position accept head coaching job @ indiana university of pennsylvania, , on february 7, mike groh hired replacement wide receivers coach , recruiting coordinator.

returning starters

alabama had 17 returning starters previous season, including ten on defense , 7 on offense. notable departures previous year defensive end marcell dareus, left tackle james carpenter, tight end preston dial, quarterback greg mcelroy, wide receiver julio jones , running mark ingram jr.

depth chart

starters , backups.

recruiting class

alabama s recruiting class included eleven players espn 150 : no. 3 cyrus kouandjio (ot); no. 19 ha sean clinton-dix (s); no. 22 xzavier dickson (de); no. 38 trey depriest (olb); no. 41 bradley sylve (wr); no. 53 jeoffrey pagan (de); no. 75 marvin shinn (wr); no. 79 demetrius hart (rb); no. 82 malcolm faciane (te); no. 137 danny woodson, jr. (wr); , no. 140 brent calloway (ath). alabama signed no. 1 recruiting class according rivals , no. 7 recruiting class according scout. football program received 14 letters of intent on national signing day, february 2, 2011. prior national signing day, 3 high school players , 3 junior college transfers of 2011 recruiting class enrolled spring semester in order participate in spring practice. these enrollments included: nose guard quinton dial, offensive lineman aaron douglas , nose tackle jesse williams junior college , linebacker trey depriest, quarterback phillip ely safety vinnie sunseri high school.