South Alabama is set to hire Tré Williams as its new special teams coordinator, a source told AL.com on Wednesday.

Williams, a Mobile native and former Auburn linebacker, is expected to be on the job with the Jaguars next week. South Alabama begins spring football practice March 17.

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Williams will replace Jamael Lett, who took a job as a special teams analyst at North Carolina. Lett — also a Mobile native — spent the last two seasons as South Alabama’s special teams coordinator and as a defensive assistant working with the nickel safeties.

Williams starred at Mobile’s St. Paul’s Episcopal School before playing at Auburn under Gus Malzahn from 2014-17. He was a Tigers team captain as a senior, when he earned second-team All-SEC honors.

After briefly pursuing a pro football playing career, Williams worked in Auburn’s recruiting office and as an assistant coach at Thompson High School in the Birmingham area. He was a graduate assistant for Malzahn at Central Florida in 2021 before spending this past season as linebackers coach and special teams coordinator at Division II Arkansas-Monticello.

Lett — who has also coached at Samford, Akron and Tennessee-Martin — is the second assistant coach to leave Kane Wommack’s South Alabama staff since the end of last season. Cornerbacks coach Dwike Wilson took a job at Southern Miss and was replaced by Jay Hopson.

Under Lett’s direction, South Alabama kicker Diego Guajardo was a second-team All-Sun Belt pick. Starting Husky (nickel) safety Yam Banks led the team in interceptions and was a first-team all-conference selection.