For Mike Singletary, it’s good to be king once again.

The Alliance of American Football announced Thursday that Singletary will become head coach of its Memphis franchise as the eight-team spring pro football league prepares to launch in February 2019.

Singletary, 59, has pined for a return to the pro coaching ranks since his last NFL stint as a Rams defensive assistant in 2016. The Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker last served as a head coach for the 49ers from 2008-10. He posted an 18-22 record as San Francisco's head coach.

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Singletary still is expected to work this fall as a Texas high school football coach, a position he accepted earlier this year before his Alliance deal was completed.

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Singletary now joins Steve Spurrier (Orlando) and Brad Childress (Atlanta) as other official Alliance head coaching hires. A source told Sporting News that Mike Martz (Southern California), Rick Neuheisel (Phoenix) and Jim Mora (Salt Lake City) are three other expected additions that will be announced in the coming weeks.

A league spokesman told Sporting News that “those names/cities aren’t confirmed so at this point would just be speculation."

The Memphis squad will play its games at the Liberty Bowl. Kosha Irby, a former WWE marketing executive, was named team president.

Alex Marvez can be heard from 7-11 p.m. ET Thursday and 2-6 p.m. ET Saturday on SiriusXM NFL Radio.

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