Tee Martin was promoted by Kentucky to passing game coordinator, the school announced Saturday afternoon.
Martin, a former star quarterback at Tennessee and Williamson High, was believed to be a target to fill a vacancy on Alabama's coaching staff left by Curt Cignetti.
Other names to surface in Alabama's search for an assistant include St. Louis Rams assistant Sylvester Croom, and Louisville assistant Mike Groh.
Croom was an offensive lineman at Alabama where he played and then later coached as an assistant. He later became the head coach at Mississippi State from 2004-08 becoming the first African-American football coach in the SEC.
Groh is the quarterbacks coach at Louisville, and had a brief stop in Tuscaloosa as a graduate assistant in 2009. Groh is a former Virginia offensive coordinator where he coached for his father, Al Groh, a friend of Alabama coach Nick Saban.
Saban said Monday he was focused on recruiting, and would use "due diligence" in selecting a new assistant.
Cignetti was the third Alabama assistant to leave the staff since Alabama's 49-7 win against Michigan State in the Capital One Bowl on New Year's Day.
Chris Rumph replaced Bo Davis as the defensive line coach after Davis took an assistant job at Texas.
Jeff Stoutland replaced Joe Pendry, who remains at Alabama in an advisory role after he retired from coaching.
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