He spent one season with Alabama as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the 2023 season under former head coach Nick Saban. In his lone season with Alabama, Rees helped coach the Crimson Tide to a 12-2 season, with a win in the SEC Championship Game and a trip to the College Football Playoff semifinal – where they lost to the eventual national champion Michigan.
“I grew a lot being in that environment every day, learning from the greatest coach to do it,” Rees said in June 2024. “It’s something I hold in very high regard. And we grew to have a really nice relationship. I’m going to owe a lot to him throughout my career […] That experience is something that you can’t ever really describe in words, and I’m really fortunate to have that opportunity in my career.”
He previously spent six seasons as a part of Notre Dame’s coaching staff, first as the quarterbacks coach from 2017-19, and then as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2020-22. In three years as Notre Dame’s offensive coordinator, the team averaged more than 30 points per game each year and advanced to the College Football Playoff in 2020 after posting an undefeated regular season.
Rees helped develop a number of future NFL draft picks at Notre Dame including TE Michael Mayer (second round pick in 2023), RB Kyren Williams (fifth round pick in 2022), T Liam Eichenberg (second round in 2021), TE Tommy Tremble (third round pick in 2021), T Robert Hainsey (third round pick in 2021), QB Ian Book (fourth round pick in 2021) and WR Ben Skowronek (seventh round pick in 2021). Under Rees’ guidance, Book finished his Notre Dame career as the winningest signal-caller in school history and finished second in career passing yards (8,948), completions (728), completion percentage (63.8) and passing touchdowns (72). Book posted a 30-5 record and guided the Irish to two CFP appearances (2018, 2020).
Rees began his coaching career…
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