Major is latest Saban addition

Young Applewhite brought on to help Tide offense.....

The youngest coordinator in college football last season has joined Nick Saban's staff at Alabama.
Major Applewhite, 28, served as the offensive coordinator last season at Rice. His hiring was announced Saturday and is the seventh of nine on-field assistants Saban has hired. As with the previous announcements, specific duties for Applewhite have not been stated publicly, but he is expected to coach the quarterbacks and perhaps serve as the offensive coordinator or share those duties with another assistant.
Applewhite also has deep ties to the Crimson Tide, even though he was a star quarterback at Texas. He grew up an Alabama fan and is named for former Tide running back Major Ogilvie. Applewhite's father, Larry, is active in the Alabama Alumni Association.
Applewhite grew up in Baton Rouge, La.
In his first year as a coordinator in 2006, Applewhite oversaw an offense that scored the most points (350) and gained the third-most yards (4,486) in school history as the Owls played in a bowl game for the first time in 45 years. Rice ran a spread offense but Saban has said he wants a balanced offensive attack.
While playing for Mack Brown at Texas, Applewhite was a team captain as a senior in 2001. He led the Longhorns to a 22-8 record when he was the starting QB and is Texas' all-time leader in yards passing, TD passes and total offense.
As a graduate assistant at Texas in 2003-04, Applewhite worked closely with Vince Young as the UT quarterback. He was hired in 2005 to be the QB coach at Syracuse when Greg Robinson took the Orange coaching job after being the defensive coordinator at Texas.
After one season at Syracuse, Applewhite became a coordinator for the first time at Rice.

As reported by : The Huntsville Times

By PAUL GATTIS Times Sports Staff