Kalen DeBoer
DeBoer in 2024 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Alabama |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 20–8 |
| Annual salary | $10.25 million |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 24, 1974 Milbank, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1992 | Western Washington |
| 1993–1996 | Sioux Falls |
| 1999 | Sioux Falls Falcons |
| 2000–2001 | Sioux Falls Cobras / Storm |
| Baseball | |
| 1993–1996 | Sioux Falls |
| 1998 | Canton Crocodiles |
| 1999 | Renner Monarchs |
| Positions | Wide receiver (football) Left fielder (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1997 | Sioux Falls (WR) |
| 1998–1999 | Washington HS (SD) (assistant) |
| 2000–2004 | Sioux Falls (OC) |
| 2005–2009 | Sioux Falls |
| 2010–2013 | Southern Illinois (OC/WR) |
| 2014–2016 | Eastern Michigan (OC/QB) |
| 2017–2018 | Fresno State (OC/QB) |
| 2019 | Indiana (OC/QB) |
| 2020–2021 | Fresno State |
| 2022–2023 | Washington |
| 2024–present | Alabama |
| Baseball | |
| 2000–2004 | Sioux Falls (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 124–20 |
| Bowls | 3–3 |
| Tournaments | 2–2 (CFP) 17–2 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 NAIA (2006, 2008–2009) 4 GPAC (2006–2009) 1 Pac-12 (2023) | |
| Awards | |
| NAIA All-American (1996) 3× AFCA NAIA Coach of the Year (2006, 2008–2009) 3× NAIA Coach of the Year (2006, 2008–2009) 2× Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2022–2023) AFCA Coach of the Year Award (2023) 2× AP Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2022–2023) AP Coach of the Year (2023) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (2023) Home Depot Coach of the Year (2023) Sporting News Coach of the Year (2023) Walter Camp Coach of the Year (2023) | |
Kalen Douglas DeBoer (born October 24, 1974) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Alabama, a position he has held since 2024. DeBoer also served as the head football coach at the University of Sioux Falls from 2005 to 2009, California State University, Fresno from 2020 to 2021, and the University of Washington from 2022 to 2023. At Sioux Falls, his teams won three NAIA Football National Championships, in 2006, 2008, and 2009. At Washington, he led the 2023 Washington Huskies football team to a Pac-12 Conference title and an appearance in the College Football Playoff, where Washington defeated Texas in the 2024 Sugar Bowl before losing to Michigan in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship.