It has been made official that Alabama offensive coordinator Jim McElwain will be the next head coach at Colorado State. While he will take over for Steve Fairchild, McElwain will still coach the Crimson Tide offense in the National Championship.
McElwain has some nice building blocks in Fort Collins with Pete Thomas at quarterback and Chris Nwoke as a workhorse back, so he could see some relative success early at least on the offensive side of the ball.