BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Samford head football coach Pat Sullivan will miss Saturday's game at Chattanooga due to a slight relapse of pneumonia, the athletics department announced on Friday.
 
Sullivan missed time with the team in early September due to a bout with pneumonia and has had a slight relapse this week. His doctors have advised him not to travel with the team to Chattanooga on Saturday.
 
In Sullivan's absence on Saturday, the team will be the under the director of Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator Bill D'Ottavio.