It's been a strange month of January in the Alabama football orbit. For a second straight year, the coaching staff did a hockey line change. So far, five of the 10 on-field assistants from 2018 are gone with a few changes on the horizon.

As of Wednesday morning, however, none of their replacements have been officially announced as employees. To keep all of this straight, we made a quick guide to the goings and comings as reported by AL.com and other news outlets.

DEPARTURES

These are the five coaches who have taken new jobs elsewhere and have already began their new gigs. This includes both coordinators from last season and the coach who was in line to take over the Crimson Tide offense.

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Mike Locksley, new Maryland head coach

Three seasons at Alabama saw the former New Mexico State head coach go from analyst to receivers coach and on to offensive coordinator. Presiding over the most explosive offense of the Nick Saban era was enough to land the head coaching job back at Maryland.

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DC Tosh Lupoi, new Cleveland Browns DL coach

After arriving as an analyst in 2014, Lupoi was the outside linebackers coach for four seasons -- the last of which he was also defensive coordinator. Also among the nation’s best recruiters, Lupoi left for his first NFL coaching job with the Cleveland Browns as the defensive line coach.

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QB coach Dan Enos, new Miami OC

Perhaps the biggest surprise among the exits, Enos was expected to be promoted to offensive coordinator with Locksley leaving for Maryland. Instead, he left abruptly for the same position at Miami under first-year coach Manny Diaz.

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WR coach Josh Gattis, new Michigan OC

Another possible offensive coordinator candidate in Tuscaloosa, Gattis was another one-and-done on the coaching staff. He was announced as Michigan's new offensive coordinator less than a week after the national title game loss to Clemson.

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OL coach Brent Key, new Georgia Tech OL coach/run game coordinator

After three seasons coaching the offensive line, Key left for his alma mater and new head coach Geoff Collins.

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ADDITIONS

A few familiar faces are among those who'll repopulate the coaching staff after the departures.

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OC Steve Sarkisian

The hire with the largest profile is back for Round 2 with Alabama. He surfaced in 2016 in Tuscaloosa as an analyst after getting fired at USC. Promoted to offensive coordinator before the 2017 title game loss to Clemson, Sarkisian left for two seasons as the Atlanta Falcons' offensive coordinator. Fired in December, he was back at Alabama after Dan Enos left for Miami. Despite issues in Atlanta, Sarkisian is known as an offensive mind who rose to fame in the USC program before going to Washington as head coach.

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Sarkisian as a recruiter

It's been a while since Sarkisian hit the road as an assistant coach for a full cycle, though he was credited by 247Sports as Alabama TE Kedrick James' primary recruiter in his brief window as OC in 2017. At USC, his last recruiting class ranked No. 2 in 2015 behind only Alabama in 247Sports' composite. The Trojans were No. 10 the year before with Adoree' Jackson, JuJu Smith-Schuster as five-star, future NFL draft picks.

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WR coach Holmon Wiggins

Coming from the up-tempo Justin Fuente offense at Virginia Tech (2016-18) and Memphis (2012-15). The Hokie receivers rewrote the record book in his first season there as the new staff brought a new scheme to town. Isaiah Ford broke the school mark for receptions with 79 in 2016.

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Wiggins as a recruiter

247Sports said Wiggins was "one of the better recruiters" on the Hokie staff. He was credited with landing four-star receivers Tre Turner (2017) and Tayvion Robinson (2019). Turner was the team's third-leading receiver last season.

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OL coach Kyle Flood

The former Rutgers head coach hasn't worked in the college game since being fired after the 2015 season. He was later given a one-year show-cause penalty by the NCAA for a failure to monitor the program amid several scandals and player arrests. In four seasons, Flood had a 27-24 record that began with a 9-4 mark Year 1 that saw the Scarlet Knights ranked as high as No. 18. After joining the Big Ten in 2014, the program went 8-5 and 4-8 including a 1-7 league mark in Flood's final season. His rise in the coaching world began with coaching the offensive line.

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Flood as a recruiter

Rutgers had the No. 23 recruiting class in Flood's first season of 2012 when he took over for Greg Schiano before slipping to No. 48 the next year. The program's ranking in the Big Ten under Flood: No. 10 of 14 in 2014 and No. 11 in 2015.

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RB coach Charles Huff

Huff followed Joe Moorhead from Penn State to Mississippi State last season to coach the running backs and coordinate the running game. He helped develop Saquon Barkley into an elite talent with the Nittany Lions. Before going to Starkville, Huff's SEC experience included the 2011 season as Vanderbilt's quality control coach. He was a running backs coach with the Buffalo Bills in 2012 before returning to college leading the Western Michigan running backs in 2013. Penn State came calling in 2014.

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Huff as a recruiter

Huff signed Barkley to State College along with five-star prospects Miles Sanders and Ricky Slade, according to 247Sports. At Mississippi State, he landed four-star recruits including E. Jai Mason and Javorrius Selmon.

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LB coach Sal Sunseri

This will be the second tour for Sunseri after coaching outside linebackers from 2009-11. He left to be Tennessee's defensive coordinator in 2012 before landing the defensive ends coaching gig at Florida State in 2013 for the Seminoles national title season. He went on to coach the linebackers for the Oakland Raiders (2015-17) and the Florida Gators (2018).

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Sunseri as a recruiter

Sunseri is known for his recruiting, mostly in the middle eastern seaboard region. He landed five stars like Cyrus Kounandjio for Alabama as well as Josh Sweat and Jalen Ramsey for Florida State.

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DL coach Brian Baker

The Mississippi State defensive line coach the past three seasons developed talent including Jeffery Simmons and Montez Sweat into some of the top NFL draft prospects in the 2019 class. Baker spent most of his career in the NFL beginning with the Chargers’ defensive line job in 1996. He also coached with the Lions, Vikings, Rams, Panthers, Cowboys, Browns and Washington. Brown led eight Pro Bowlers including DeMarcus Ware, Julius Peppers and Ryan Kerrigan.

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Baker as a recruiter

At Mississippi State, Baker landed three four-star prospects including Nathan Pickering (an Alabama target who hasn’t yet signed), De'Monte Russell and Chauncey Rivers. He was the No. 39 recruiter in the SEC last season in the 247Sports ranking.

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DB coach Charles Kelly

An Auburn graduate from Ozark, Alabama, Kelly coached at Georgia Tech from 2006-12 before heading to Florida State. He was the defensive coordinator there from 2014-17 before going to Tennessee as a DB coach under Jeremy Pruitt last season. He reportedly turned down the Auburn defensive coordinator position after the 2015 season.

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Kelly as a recruiter

Paired with Sal Sunseri to bring five-star Josh Sweat to FSU and helped land five-star cornerback Levonta Taylor a year later. Kelly was also listed by 247Sports as the primary recruiter for Travis Rudolph when he picked the Seminoles over Alabama in 2014. He is currently ranked No. 33 in the SEC for helping bring four 4-star recruits to Tennessee.

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EXPECTED DEPARTURES

At this point, there are more than the 10 assistant coaches allowed by NCAA rules. That means a few more would have to exit or take off-field jobs.

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DL coach Craig Kuligowski

It would make sense since Alabama already hired Brian Baker from Mississippi State to coach the defensive line. Kuligowski would be the third 2018 hire who didn’t coach a second season in 2019.

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RB coach Joe Pannunzio

Alabama hired Charles Huff from Mississippi State to coach the running backs.

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WHO IS STAYING

All three who are sticking around were first-year coaches at Alabama last season.

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TE coach/special teams coordinator Jeff Banks

Banks will have a challenge replacing Irv Smith Jr., at tight end while dealing with continued issues in special teams. Incoming freshman Will Reichard of Hoover could be the answer both kicking and punting while kickoff returner Josh Jacobs went pro.

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LB coach Pete Golding

Expected to be the new defensive coordinator, AL.com previously reported Golding was calling plays during the 2018 season. He'll have a thin middle-linebacker room with Mack Wilson going pro after his junior season.

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DB coach Karl Scott

There were issues in the secondary at the end of the season when well-oiled offenses from Georgia, Oklahoma and Clemson put up big numbers on the Tide defense. It loses Saivion Smith and Deionte Thompson to the NFL while getting cornerback Trevon Diggs back from a broken foot for 2018.

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Michael Casagrande is an Alabama beat writer for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @ByCasagrande or on Facebook.