Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne kept to his word that he would find a new head football coach by the end of the week.
The Crimson Tide will be introducing Kalen DeBoer as its next head coach in a press conference on Saturday, and ahead of his introduction, Byrne shared a statement Friday night as his first welcome.
“We are excited to welcome Kalen and Nicole DeBoer, and their daughters, Alexis and Avery, to The University of Alabama,” said Byrne. “Coach DeBoer has proven he is a winner and has done an incredible job as a head coach at each of his stops. One of the things I told our team the other day is we are going to get someone who is not only a great coach with the Xs and Os, but also someone who cares about his players and someone I’d want my sons to play for, just like I would have wanted them to play for Coach Saban. We got that in Coach DeBoer. He is ready to get to work, and we look forward to him leading the Alabama Crimson Tide football program for years to come. We are grateful to our leadership in President Stuart Bell, Chancellor Finis St. John and The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees for their support during this process.”
DeBoer has a career head coaching record of 104-12 which also includes a record of 25-3 at Washington. In 2023 he led the Huskies to a Pac-12 Championship as well as an appearance in the CFP National Championship where it fell to Michigan.
He will be the 28th head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide.
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Patrick Dowd is a Reporter for Touchdown Alabama Magazine. You can follow him on Twitter, via Pat_Dowd77
