Paul Petrino joins South Alabama staff as analyst

Paul Petrino, head coach at Idaho from 2013-21, has joined the South Alabama staff as an offensive analyst. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
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Paul Petrino has joined the South Alabama staff as an offensive analyst, a source confirmed to AL.com.

The 54-year-old Petrino spent the last nine seasons as head coach at Idaho, where he posted a 34-66 record. The Vandals were a member of the Sun Belt Conference until 2017 before dropping to the FCS level.

Petrino has also coached at Utah State, Louisville, Southern Miss, Arkansas and Illinois and with the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, at many stops as an assistant under Bobby Petrino, his older brother. He coached at Southern Miss with Dave Wommack, father of South Alabama head coach Kane Wommack.

South Alabama’s two analysts from 2021 both left to take full-time coaching jobs, Tony Pecoraro as defensive coordinator at McNeese State and Chris Klenakis as offensive line coach at Liberty.

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