What Kalen DeBoer's new seven-year contract means for Alabama
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Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer silenced all his critics in Year 2 with the Crimson Tide.
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The 51-year-old took over for future Hall of Famer Nick Saban in 2024 following a successful one-year stint at Washington (the Huskies reached the national championship game in 2023-24 but lost to Michigan 34-13) and failed to make the expanded college football playoff in Year 1.
DeBoar and the Crimson Tide responded this past season by finishing the regular season with a 10-3 record (four top-25 wins), earning the No. 9 seed in the college football playoff, and defeating Oklahoma in the first round in come-from-behind fashion before falling to the eventual national champion Indiana Hoosiers.
DeBoar’s success at Alabama during his second campaign earned him a new seven-year contract with the program.
"Alabama has reached a new seven-year contract with football coach Kalen DeBoer that will pay him $12.5 million per season,” ESPN’s Mark Schlabach reported Wednesday.
“The new agreement, which was approved by the University of Alabama System's Compensation Committee during a virtual meeting Wednesday, extended DeBoer's contract by two years. It expires on Jan. 31, 2033.”
“The new agreement includes a buyout of $10 million through Jan. 31, 2027. The buyout decreases by $2 million after each of the next two years.”
With DeBoar earning a new multi-year deal, the pressure is on for him to build on his successful 2025-26 campaign and eventually go the distance. After all, if a coach is offered a contract that runs for nearly a decade, it typically means the program has the utmost faith in them to get the job done on a yearly basis.
If the 2023 AP Coach of the Year is truly the right man for the job, he’ll answer the bell time and time again.
For now, though, it’s safe to say DeBoar is on an upward trajectory as the leader of the Crimson Tide.
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