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That didn’t take long. Less than 48 hours after news broke about the retirement of legendary University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban, the Crimson Tide has a new coach. Alabama has hired Washington Huskies head coach Kalen DeBoer to take the reins of the team in Tuscaloosa.
Just four days ago, DeBoer was coaching the Huskies in the College Football Playoff national championship game, and now he’ll move 2,500 miles away to coach a new team. It’s a massive step for a coach that many fans in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) had probably never heard of before this season.
„Kalen DeBoer, known within the industry as both a program builder and excavator, told his staff at Washington that he’s accepting an offer from Alabama for Nick Saban’s former coaching job, team sources confirmed Friday,“ report Christopher Kamrani, Bruce Feldman, Kennington Smith III and Chris Vannini at The Athletic. „DeBoer is expected to meet with his Washington team Friday afternoon to explain why he’s making the move, the sources said.“
The report that Alabama was offering DeBoer a contract first came down the pike seconds after I published my report about Dabo Swinney and the contract provision that made it difficult for him to accept any Alabama offer (just my luck).
