by Zack Cox on Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 6:13PM 2,245 Share this: Brian Daboll officially has joined the college ranks, leaving the New England Patriots to become the offensive coordinator and at the University of Alabama. The Crimson Tide announced the hiring Monday afternoon. Daboll also will serve as Alabama’s quarterbacks coach. Daboll spent 10 of the last 16 seasons with the Patriots, most recently coaching the team’s tight ends from 2014 through 2016. He was a part of all five of New England’s Super Bowl title-winning teams and was viewed as the likely successor to Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. The 41-year-old has not coached at the college level since 1999, when he finished up a two-year stint as a Michigan State graduate assistant