According to a report Friday morning from ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Alabama Crimson Tide co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach Colin Hitschler has been informed that he will not return for the 2025 season.

Alabama football appears to have filled the vacancy on its coaching staff, after Colin Hitschler’s departure. Chuck Morrell, who had worked as a special assistant to the head coach in 2024 for the Crimson Tide,

Chuck Morrell, a former Washington co-defensive coordinator, worked closely with the Crimson Tide linebackers this season as an analyst.

This news matters to Wisconsin because Hitschler was one of Luke Fickell’s top assistants and leading recruiters before leaving the Badgers for the Crimson Tide after the 2023 season. The veteran assistant coached under Fickell at Cincinnati as a quality control coach (2018),