| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | West Alabama |
| Conference | GSC |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1979-03-21)March 21, 1979 (age 46) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | LSU |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2001–2002 | LSU (GA) |
| 2003–2004 | LSU (AS&C) |
| 2004–2006 | New Orleans Hornets (AS&C) |
| 2007–2019 | Alabama (S&C) |
| 2020–2023 | Georgia (STC) |
| 2025–present | West Alabama |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 0–0 |
Scott Cochran (born March 21, 1979) is an Americancollege football coach who is the head football coach atWest Alabama. Prior to that, he recently served as the special teams coordinator and strength and conditioning coach for theGeorgia Bulldogs. He has won eight national championships throughout his coaching career. He also worked in theNBA as an assistant strength coach for the New Orleans Hornets.
Scott began his coaching career at hisalma materLouisiana State University where he served as agraduate assistant from2001 to2002. In2003 he was named an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the team and won his first national championship underNick Saban.[1]
TheNew Orleans native began working for his hometownNBA team the Hornets in2004 as an assistant strength and conditioning coach and remained there until the end of the2006–07 season.[2][1]
In2007[3] Scott reunited with Saban and became a part of his inaugural Alabama staff as the team's head strength and conditioning coach.[4][5] There he won an additional five national championships and remained with the team until the end of the2019 season after growing tension with coach Saban.[6][7]
In2020 Scott joinedKirby Smart’s Georgia coaching staff as the team's special teams coordinator.[8][9] Cochran was part of the Georgia staff that won the2022 National Championship over Alabama.[10] He won his second title with Georgia when they defeatedTCU in the2023 National Championship.[11]
On February 14, 2024, Scott resigned from the Georgia coaching staff and was replaced with Kirk Benedict.[12][13]
On February 3, 2025, Cochran was announced as the new head football coach at West Alabama.[14][15]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AFCA# | D2° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Alabama Tigers(Gulf South Conference)(2025–present) | |||||||||
| 2025 | West Alabama | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| West Alabama: | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 0–0 | ||||||||