Kalen DeBoer will be the most successful first-year head coach of all time for the Alabama Crimson Tide college football program. Better than the GOAT Nick Saban. Better than the iconic Bear Bryant. Better than Gene Stallings. Of course as Greg McElroy and any diehard Bama fan knows, this is all a bit tongue-in-cheek as […]
Michael Penix Jr. courts five-star recruits for Alabama's Kalen DeBoer
A Heisman Trophy finalist and No. 8 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft visited Tuscaloosa during Alabama’s recruiting weekend. Yet this stud quarterback didn’t play for the Crimson Tide. It was Michael Penix Jr., who of course played for Kalen DeBoer at Washington where Penix Jr. led the Huskies to the College Football Playoff […]
Grading college football hires, round 2: Kalen DeBoer, Jedd Fisch earn high marks
As if Nick Saban didn’t create enough content opportunities for us college football-types when he retired from Alabama on Jan. 10, here’s another one – I get to re-do my annual Power 5 hires report card with four new editions. Alabama, Washington, Arizona and Michigan have been added to the 2024 cycle since we last […]
Kalen DeBoer replacements: Ranking Washington's best coaching candidates, from Ryan Grubb to Pete Carroll
Washington coach Kalen DeBoer resigned to take the same job at Alabama, where he will be the successor to legendary coach Nick Saban. DeBoer compiled a 25-3 record at Washington the last two seasons, and he led Huskies to the College Football Playoff championship game this season. No. 1 Michigan beat No. 2 Washington 34-13, […]
Kalen DeBoer replaces Nick Saban: Will Alabama maintain elite program status?
Washington’s Kalen DeBoer was named Alabama’s coach on Friday. That means DeBoer is officially the “guy after the guy.” Legendary coach Nick Saban, who won six national championships at Alabama through a dominant 17-year reign, retired Wednesday. DeBoer, 49, led Washington to the College Football Playoff championship in 2023. The Huskies lost 34-13 to No. […]