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Nick Saban is expected to hire another former coach for his Alabama team.
Former Louisville head coach Ron Cooper is expected to join Crimson Tide as a support team, a source told AL.com.
Cooper was the main coach of Louisville from 1995-97. The 59-year-old Huntsville native was also a head coach in Eastern Michigan (1993-94) and Alabama A&M (1998-2001), a defensive coordinator at schools like Mississippi State (2003) and FIU (2016) and a defensive back coached teams such as South Carolina, LSU, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Texas A&M and Arkansas.
Matt Zenitz is a senior football reporter for the SEC at Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mzenitz.
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