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Former Alabama player training 2 Crimson Tide athletes to have a breakout 2024 season

Originally posted on Touchdown Alabama Magazine
By Stephen M. Smith | Last updated Jun 3, 2024 4:20 PM ET

Nick Saban is retired from coaching Alabama football, but one of his first national champions still wants the program to win.

Mike McCoy, a University of Alabama alumnus, was a leader at wide receiver for Saban’s first BCS National Championship for the Crimson Tide in 2009. He is the founder of Maximum Performance Institute in Birmingham (Ala.) and is training two current Tide players to have a breakout year in the fall. McCoy has Kobe Prentice and Jeremiah Alexander in the lab with him.

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Both are Alabama natives that understand the importance of this season. The Tide has not won a national championship in three years, so it is time to have it back right under Kalen DeBoer. Prentice, a junior, is a leader in the receiver room. He has the most production in the room, regardless of Alabama getting Germie Bernard from Washington via the NCAA transfer portal.

Prentice has 49 catches for 651 yards and four touchdowns across two seasons.

Alexander, a linebacker, came to the Tide as a five-star in the 2022 signing class.

He has the potential to have an incredible season at inside ‘backer should everything fall into place.

This article first appeared on Touchdown Alabama Magazine and was syndicated with permission.

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