Scott Cochran
Scott Cochran is an American college football coach who is the head football coach at West Alabama. Previously he served as the special teams coordinator and strength and conditioning coach for the Georgia Bulldogs from 2020 to 2023 and the strength and conditioning coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide from 2007 to 2019. He has won eight national championships throughout his coaching career.
Coaching career
LSU
Scott began his coaching career at his alma mater Louisiana State University where he served as a graduate assistant from 2001 [LSU Tigers football team|2001] to 2002. In 2003 he was named an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the team and won his first national championship under Nick Saban.Hornets
The New Orleans native began working for his hometown NBA team the Hornets in 2004–05 [New Orleans Hornets season|2004] as an assistant strength and conditioning coach and remained there until the end of the 2006–07 [New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets season|2006–07 season].Alabama
In 2007 [Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2007] Scott reunited with Saban and became a part of his inaugural Alabama staff as the team's head strength and conditioning coach. There he won an additional five national championships and remained with the team until the end of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team|2019 season] after growing tension with coach Saban.Georgia
In 2020 [Georgia Bulldogs football team|2020] Scott joined Kirby Smart’s Georgia coaching staff as the team's special teams coordinator. Cochran was part of the Georgia staff that won the 2022 [College Football Playoff National Championship|2022 National Championship] over Alabama. He won his second title with Georgia when they defeated 2022 [TCU Horned Frogs football team|TCU] in the 2023 National Championship.On February 14, 2024, Scott resigned from the Georgia coaching staff and was replaced with Kirk Benedict.