Coaches / Head coach / Kalen DeBoer
Form · last two seasons
78
performing to its level
Rating77recent
Peak87best 5 yrs
Career78whole career
confidence
Kalen DeBoer
Head Coach · Alabama
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
62
continuity at Alabama · early
Seasons here3
Programs5
Stints6
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
Chemistry
vs every head coach since 2016 · 62 = typical
Tenure here
Seasons as head coach at his current school
Staff continuity
Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked together
Player retention
Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)
Followers
Players and staff who followed him from his previous job
QB & coordinator
How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinator
Roster continuity
Share of starters returning from one season to the next under him
Dashed gold ring on the radar = average (62). Chemistry scale: 62 is typical, 20-50 is a warning sign, under 10 is a collapse.
As head coach
Rating77Form78≈ as usualPeak87Career78
2005–2026 · 12 seasonsRecord 124-20National titles 3Great seasons 7 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 77: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
- Peak 87: best five-season stretch, 2005–2009 at Sioux Falls (67-3, 3 national titles), taking over an average program.
- Career 78 (#78 since 1936): total accomplishment over 12 seasons (124-20), 3 national titles, 7 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
- Proven at 2 programs: Sioux Falls · Alabama.
Over expectation · 2016 on79Results against what his rosters' talent predicted (program lift, evaluation, recruiting, staff building, game management).
Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.
Program lift78
Evaluation59
Results89
Recruiting43
Staff building69
Game management67
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Alabama | 0-0 | #1 | +2.57 SD |
| 2025 | Alabama | 11-4 | #17 | +1.09 SD |
| 2024 | Alabama | 9-4 | #6 | +1.62 SD |
| 2023 | Washington | 14-1 | #13 | +1.50 SD |
| 2022 | Washington | 11-2 | #17 | +1.14 SD |
| 2021 | Fresno State | 9-3 | #47 | +0.49 SD |
| 2020 | Fresno State | 3-3 | #56 | -0.61 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).
As offensive coordinator
Rating74Peak77
His offense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Indiana | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.38 |
| 2018 | Fresno State | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.70 |
| 2017 | Fresno State | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.75 |
| 2016 | Eastern Michigan | -0.00 | — | -0.03 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.