Report: Washington's Kalen DeBoer Expected To Replace Nick Saban At Alabama

by Staff Reporter

January 12, 20247 Comments

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports

ESPN reports that Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer has agreed to a deal with Alabama to be the school's next head coach.

DeBoer has reportedly told Washington officials he’s taking the job and will be informing his team soon, according to Pete Thamel.

Chris Low, who broke the news of Nick Saban's retirement, reports that the deal to bring DeBoer to Tuscaloosa is done.

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Washington's Kalen DeBoer, who guided the Huskies to a Pac-12 championship and a spot in the College Football Playoff National Championship game this past season, is negotiating a contract to replace Alabama's Nick Saban, sources told ESPN on Friday.

If a deal gets done, DeBoer, 49, would inherit one of the most coveted jobs in college football -- and one of the most difficult -- in replacing Saban, whose teams won nine SEC titles and six national championships in his 17 seasons at the school. Saban, who had a 206-29 record at Alabama, retired Wednesday.

Washington athletic director Troy Dannen has made an aggressive pitch to keep DeBoer, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel, with a new contract that would make him one of the 10 highest-paid coaches in the FBS and more than double his current annual salary of $4.2 million.