The 2024 season felt like the dawn of a new beginning for college football in more ways than one and Kalen DeBoer felt no different.

The first-year hits came from unexpected places on the 2024 coaching carousel after college football grappled with a series of seismic openings late in the calendar. Nick Saban's January retirement set off dominoes that led to coaching changes at Washington,

Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer sent the Crimson Tide's quarterback a very strong message ahead of season without Jalen Milroe.

Kalen DeBoer addresses rumors of Alabama football hiring former Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb.

MOBILE, Ala. — Kalen DeBoer knows Alabama football has to be better. Standing outside of Hancock Whitney Stadium for the 2025 Senior Bowl, the Alabama football coach harkened back to his expectation for the Crimson Tide when he first took the job: to perform at a championship level.

The final Top247 rankings for the class of 2025 are set, and as the dust settles, certain programs have once again flexed their recruiting muscle. With the rankings mirroring an NFL Draft-style first round -- 32 players earning coveted five-star status -- the battle for elite talent reflects the top of college football.

Kalen DeBoer’s first season as Alabama football’s head coach didn’t meet expectations. There’s plenty of places where a nine-win season and a bowl appearance would be cause for celebration under a new coach, but Tuscaloosa isn’t one of them, especially after Nick Saban’s tenure.

Alabama head football coach Kalen DeBoer opened up some of the Crimson Tide's wounds from their ReliaQuest Bowl loss to Michigan.

Alabama head football coach Kalen DeBoer doesn't have many thinking the Crimson Tide are ahead of Georgia anymore. One analyst believes DeBoer has lowered the 'Bama Standard' and hindered their progress in the SEC during the NIL era.

There’s no answer key or proven scientific formula to grade Kalen DeBoer’s first year as the coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide. Which is to say it is all subjective.

It wasn't the season Kalen DeBoer and the Alabama Crimson Tide were hoping for in the first campaign of the post-Nick Saban era.