Kalen DeBoer

Head Coach at Alabama since 2024.

Seasons coached: 30
First season: 1997
Teams: 8

Career

11 stints

1997Sioux FallsWide Receivers
1998–1999Washington HS (SD)Assistant Coach
2000–2004Sioux FallsOffensive Coordinator
2005–2009Sioux FallsHead Coach
2010–2013Southern IllinoisOffensive CoordinatorWide Receivers
2014–2016Eastern MichiganOffensive Coordinator
2017–2018Fresno StateOffensive Coordinator
2019IndianaAssociate Head CoachOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
2020–2021Fresno StateHead Coach
2022–2023WashingtonHead Coach
2024–presentAlabamaHead Coach

Coaching tree

3 mentors, 55 protégés, 4 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.

MentorsProtégés

Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row

Relationships

Coached under

69

54 more, most recent shown first.

Succeeded

13

Tenure

30 seasons

Sioux FallsHead coach · 2005–20095
Sioux FallsCoordinator · 2000–20045
Southern IllinoisCoordinator · 2010–20134
AlabamaHead coach · 2024–2026 · current3
Eastern MichiganCoordinator · 2014–20163
WashingtonHead coach · 2022–20232
Fresno StateHead coach · 2020–20212
Fresno StateCoordinator · 2017–20182
Washington HS (SD)Position coach · 1998–19992
IndianaCoordinator · 20191
Sioux FallsPosition coach · 19971

Pipeline

4 of 15 coordinators

3 seasonsJaMarcus Shephardunder at Washington 2022 · head coach at Oregon State2026
1 seasonJaMarcus Shephardunder at Alabama 2024 · head coach at Oregon State2026
5 seasonsKirby Mooreunder at Fresno State 2020 · head coach at Washington State2026
2 seasonsEric Schmidtunder at Washington 2022 · head coach at North Dakota2025
4 seasonsEric Schmidtunder at Fresno State 2020 · head coach at North Dakota2025
2 seasonsChuck Morrellunder at Sioux Falls 2005 · head coach at Montana Tech2011

Moves

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