Burton Burns moves into administrative role at Alabama

Alabama associate head coach Burton Burns, who was part of a fifth national championship last month with the Crimson Tide, will move off the field into administration at the school.

Burns, who just completed his 11th season as the running backs coach, moves off the field after a decorated tenure that included five national championships and five SEC titles. He coached Alabama’s first two Heisman Trophy winners with Mark Ingram bringing home the award in 2009 and Derrick Henry following in 2015. He also helped Trent Richardson and Henry win the Doak Walker Award while guiding seven running backs to NFL careers.

“Burton has been a crucial part of our success over the past 11 years and has done an outstanding job with our running backs,” Saban said. “He is an essential member of our staff as he takes on a new challenge as our assistant athletics director for football.”

The newly-named assistant athletic director for football at Alabama is a New Orleans native who played at St. Augustine and later thrived as a college assistant at Nebraska, Tulane, Clemson and Alabama. Burns will be honored next month by the Touchdown Club of New Orleans for his coaching achievements.