Former Alabama, Georgia coach Scott Cochran shares his addiction story, plans for future [Video]

Scott Cochran has revealed the reason he abruptly left the Georgia football staff after four seasons in February.

The former Alabama head strength coach — who had been on Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs staff in various capacities since 2020 — told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for a story published Friday that he has become a full-time advocate for addiction recovery. With Georgia politics veteran Jeff Breedlove, Cochran has formed the American Addiction Recovery Association, which has ambitions of becoming a national organization.

“I’m big on nerves. I’m big on controlling nerves. … “You always get butterflies,” the famously energetic Cochran told the AJC. “The key is to get them to fly in formation. But if you’re not nervous and anxious, I don’t think it’s important to you.”

Addiction, of course, is a topic that hits close to home for Cochran. He battled a dependence on painkillers, he said, throughout his time at Alabama and after he left to join the Georgia …