Bryan Ellis - Assistant Coach (Tight Ends) - Staff Directory

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Bryan Ellis

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Bryan Ellis joined Kalen DeBoer's staff as Alabama's tight ends coach in March of 2024.

Spent his first season in Tuscaloosa working with a pair of senior tight ends in CJ Dippre and Robbie Ouzts
Dippre, who started all 13 games for the Tide in 2024, finished third on the team in both receptions (21) and receiving yards (256) while Ouzts recorded eight catches for 108 yards and two scores
The duo also played a key role as blockers, helping Alabama's rushing offense rack up 41 scores on the ground to lead the SEC and rank fifth nationally at season's end

Served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Georgia Southern across the 2022-23 seasons
In 2023, the Eagles finished in the top-30 nationally in completion percentage and passing offense
Davis Brin set a new school record for completion percentage in a season in '23 and wide receiver Khaleb Hood left Statesboro owning nearly every record in the book for a receiver
The 2022 campaign was a record-breaking one for Ellis, as the GSU offense broke multiple passing records under all-conference quarterback Kyle Vantreese, who finished the year with 4,253 passing yards and 27 touchdowns
Additionally in '22, three receivers had over 700 yards apiece and the ground game churned out 23 touchdowns

Worked with a record-setting offense at Western Kentucky from 2019-21, his second stint in Bowling Green
Started as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2019-20 before moving into a role as co-offensive coordinator and inside receivers coach for 2021
The Hilltoppers put up record numbers in '21 on their way to the Conference USA title game and a win over App State in the Boca Raton Bowl
In 2021, WKU ranked second in FBS with 44.2 points per game and was second in total offense at 535.3 yards per game
Western Kentucky led the nation with 433.7 passing yards per game, 41.1 yards above the next-best passing attack (Virginia, 392.6) and had 92 passing plays of 20-plus yards in that '21 season
Ellis tutored wide receiver Jerreth Sterns, who was named a semifinalist for the 2021 Biletnikoff Award and an All-American by The Athletic
Sterns finished the season with 150 receptions for 1,902 yards and 17 touchdowns to lead the FBS in all three categories
In 2020, graduate transfer quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome started 10 games for the Hilltoppers and set the program record with 279 consecutive pass attempts without an interception
The 2019 offense improved its production from the year prior in almost every category, highlighted by a 259.3 passing yards per game mark

Spent two seasons at USC under Clay Helton, first serving as a quality control coach in 2017 before being elevated to quarterbacks coach for 2018
In 2018, Ellis was tasked with developing the successor to Sam Darnold, the No. 3 overall draft pick in the 2017 NFL Draft
During the 2018 season, Ellis navigated the progression of true freshman JT Daniels who reclassified to join the program a year early and became just the second true freshman to start a season opener for the Trojans in program history
Prior to his bump to a full-time role with the Trojans, Ellis assisted Helton in the quarterback room, where the duo worked together with Darnold in 2017
Darnold set school marks for passing yards (4,143) and total offense (4,225 yards) while posting the most 200-yard (13) and 300-yard (8) passing games in USC history

Began his coaching career at Western Kentucky from 2014-16
Ellis' work at WKU was vast and varied as he worked with three different position groups on the offensive side of the ball, culminating with stepping into the offensive coordinator's role for the 2016 Boca Raton Bowl
With Ellis calling the shots, the Hilltoppers piled up 598 yards of total offense, including a WKU bowl-record 262 rushing yards and 51 points
In his wide receiver room during the '16 season, Ellis' two primary pupils, Taywan Taylor and Nicholas Norris, capped their incredible careers as the then-Nos. 1 and No. 2 wideouts in school history
The duo eclipsed 1,300 receiving yards on the season, and WKU's offense was the first in FBS history to have a 4,000-yard receiver, a 4,000-yard rusher and a 3,000-yard receiver on the same roster
Taylor's 2016 campaign, which preceded his selection in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft as the second-highest pick in school history, resulted in school-record marks for receptions (98), receiving yards (1,730) and receiving touchdowns (17)
In his first year as a full-time assistant in 2015, Ellis inherited a bevy of talented, experienced running backs
WKU's backs responded by producing a sixth straight 1,000-yard rusher in Anthony Wales and an All-Freshman running back in D'Andre Ferby, the league's top one-two combo in the backfield

Graduated from UAB in 2011
Enjoyed a stellar prep career before excelling as a collegiate quarterback at UAB
After his playing career was done, Ellis transitioned to a graduate assistant coaching role working with the quarterbacks for two seasons in Birmingham
Had an outstanding prep career at Peach County High where he passed for more than 3,600 yards and threw for 31 touchdowns as a senior, leading his squad to a Class AAA State Championship