This caused him to sit out the remainder of his senior season in which the Crimson Tide finished 10-3 under former head coach Dennis Franchione.
From 2006 to 2007, he coached the same position under Dennis Franchione at Texas A&M.
1999: Coach Mack Brown of Texas, Coach Dennis Franchione of TCU (an alternative cover was made in 1999 for copies that were sold outside the state of Texas. It featured Troy Aikman of the Dallas Cowboys.)
He returned to coaching in 1988 as a graduate assistant at Southwest Texas and was promoted the next year to a full-time position that he held until he was hired to coach the defensive line at the University of New Mexico by Lobos' head coach Dennis Franchione.
Dennis Franchione, former college football coach known as "Coach Fran"
The duo combined for a virtually unstoppable rushing attack engineered by head coach Dennis Franchione.
McGee came into A&M as a highly regarded passing quarterback, though had to play in an option offense for three years under head coach Dennis Franchione.
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Jerry Kill is the current head coach for the Minnesota Golden Gophers—he played for the Southwestern Moundbuilders under Dennis Franchione when he was head coach.
Several of Darnell's assistant coaches have gone on to be head coaches, including Dennis Franchione, Gary Patterson, Bill Cubit, Jim Knowles, Dan Enos, and J. C. Harper.