In taking the Alabama job ahead of the 2024 season, Kalen DeBoer was signing up for one of the most pressure-filled positions in all of college football. The Crimson Tide job has been one of the sport's most prominent for years, and DeBoer opted to be the man after the man, stepping in for the retired Nick Saban, who won six of his seven national championships in Tuscaloosa.
Saban's success directly informs why DeBoer now finds himself on a seat that is heating up just one game into his second season, after a stunning Week 1 loss to Florida State. Never one to knock his successor, Saban praised DeBoer during a Friday appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, saying that he knows he is trying to right the ship.
