It’s that time of the year where staff shakeup typically occurs throughout the college football landscape.

While it’s been relatively quiet in Tuscaloosa in that regard to this point — at least in terms of comparing it to the last couple years of staff turnover at the Capstone — it appears as though there may be some shakeup after all.

Defensive line coach Brian Baker, who came over from Mississippi State following the 2018-19 season, is expected to move into an off-the-field role with the Crimson Tide, as BamaOnLine's Tim Watts has reported, which would pave the way for Alabama to bring in a new on-the-field assistant.

Former Crimson Tide player and personnel staffer Freddie Roach, who’s spent the last three seasons at Ole Miss serving as the defensive line coach, has been linked to the potential vacancy. HERE is the latest VIP scoop on Roach from BamaOnLine. Roach had also been rumored to be joining the New York Giants staff earlier in the month of January before the Rebels announced last week that Roach would remain in Oxford with a new assistant head coaching tag to go along with it.

The new defensive line coach would be thrust into a critical role on the recruiting trail with one of Alabama's primary remaining targets in the 2020 class being four-star defensive tackle McKinnley Jackson, who is fresh off an unofficial visit to Tuscaloosa over the weekend. The Tide already has put together a strong defensive line haul in the Early Signing Period. Four-star defensive tackles Timothy Smith and Jah-Marien Latham both inked with the Tide in December. UA also holds a commitment from four-star defensive tackle Jamil Burroughs.