The school announced Friday the retirement of offensive line coach Joe Pendry and the hiring of University of Miami assistant Jeff Stoutland to replace him. Pendry, whose coaching career began in 1971 at West Virginia, spent the past four seasons with the Tide. He became the second Alabama assistant to resign since the Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl win over Michigan State. He and defensive line coach Bo Davis, now an assistant at Texas, have changed jobs, though he isn’t leaving Tuscaloosa. Pendry will remain with the UA athletics department “in a development capacity,” that includes correspondence with former players and advising with NFL matters, according to a news release. Pendry spent 19 seasons as an NFL assistant, including terms as an offensive coordinator with Houston, Carolina, Buffalo and Kansas City. "I just felt like this was the right time to retire, and I’m looking forward to spending more time with my family, especially the grandkids," he said in a news release. His replacement comes to Tuscaloosa after spending four seasons with the Hurricanes. Stoutland held the interim head coaching job after Randy Shannon was fired in December and before Al Golden was hired as the replacement.
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