Scott Cochran

Scott Cochran (born March 21, 1979) 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 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 as an assistant strength and conditioning coach and remained there until the end of the 2006–07 season. 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 2019 season after growing tension with coach Saban.

Georgia In 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 National Championship over Alabama. He won his second title with Georgia when they defeated TCU in the 2023 National Championship.

On February 14, 2024, Scott resigned from the Georgia coaching staff and was replaced with Kirk Benedict.

West Alabama On February 3, 2025, Cochran was announced as the new head football coach at West Alabama. West Alabama started his first season off 5–0 before falling to a West Florida team that moved to 7–0 with their victory. West Alabama proceeded to lose their remaining 4 games, to finish 5–4.

Book On August 19, 2025, Hachette's Center Street imprint published Cochran's sports memoir and leadership book, Skull Session: Mastering the Mental Game in Sports, Work, and Life.

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