Report: Applewhite to join Alabama’s staff in ’19
Former Houston football coach Major Applewhite will join Alabama‘s program as an analyst this season, AL.com reported on Tuesday.
Breaking down which programs have the best outlook at quarterback over the next three seasons.
It will be Applewhite’s second stint with the Crimson Tide; he spent one season as the school’s offensive coordinator in 2007 before joining Texas.
Applewhite was fired by Houston in December after going 15-11 in two-plus seasons leading the program. He was owed a $1.95 million buyout by the Cougars.
Houston rose to as high as No. 17 in The Associated Press poll in 2018 following a 7-1 start, but the Cougars dropped four of their final five games, including a 70-14 loss to Army in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl. That loss tied the record for the largest margin of defeat in an FBS bowl game.
Applewhite went 0-3 in bowl games, also losing to San Diego State and Fresno State in his tenure at Houston.