Alabama will compete against three SEC teams with new head coaches. More interesting and perhaps more problematic for the Alabama Crimson Tide is how much Mississippi State, South Carolina, and Tennessee will change with new coordinators. For hot-seat SEC head coaches Jeff Lebby and Shane Beamer, their new coordinators are possible lifelines. Doubt has been building in Knoxville since Ohio State pummeled the Vols 42-17 in the program's single playoff game. Before Knowles' one-season hiatus at Penn State, he was the Defensive Coordinator at Oklahoma State and Ohio State.