Alabama defensive backs coach Derrick Ansley has agreed to become the defensive coordinator at Colorado State, FootballScoop reported Monday morning.

Ansley will coach No. 4 Alabama Monday night as it plays No. 3 Georgia in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. He is the second member of the Crimson Tide’s coaching staff to take a new coaching position as defensive coordinator Jeremey Pruitt accepted the Tennessee head coaching job in December. Pruitt will also coach Alabama against Georgia.

Alabama hired former UTSA defensive coordinator Pete Golding last month. While his role has yet to be announced, Golding has experience coaching defensive backs in the past.

This season, Ansley has helped coach an Alabama pass defense that ranks No. 3 in the nation, holding opponents to 160.6 yards per game through the air. Opposing teams have completed just 54.1 percent of their throws for 5.3 yards per attempt with seven touchdowns against 17 interceptions.

Colorado State finished was ranked No. 98 in total defense this year, allowing opponents 431.6 yards per game. The Rams also allowed 27.8 points per game. Alabama beat Colorado State 41-23 this season, racking up 487 yards and 23 first downs.

Ansley, a native of Alabama native, took over Alabama’s secondary in 2016. Before that, he spent three seasons at Kentucky, serving as the cornerbacks coach from 2013-14 and secondary coach in 2015. He was promoted to co-defensive coordinator for the 2016 season before accepting the position with the Crimson Tide. Before serving at Kentucky, he spent the 2012 season as the defensive backs coach at Tennessee.

Ansley played at Troy and coached five years at Division III Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala., before joining Alabama as a graduate assistant in 2010-11.

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