My perspective:
First it is going to take me a bit to get the spelling of his name correct. I have researched the guy through all this going on in my life and have been a bit impressed to be honest. He was a Wide Receiver at Sioux Falls and broke all their records, coached there also with a 67-3 record. His overall record as a coach in college is 104-12. He is a winner. He is also a player's coach, and the culture here will change with his style compared to Saban's style, although truthfully Saban was a player's coach if you really listened to Coach Saban and his Press conference's, just a different style. Here is DeBoer's coaching career........
I know he hasn't seen how rabid we are here at Bama, but I believe he understands the realm of things more than we think. He will get his SEC welcome at some point and we as fans will want him fired and such, but I believe he will do well here because of his winning culture. If he takes the Defensive side as serious as he takes the Offensive side, I think we will be fine. Recruiting will be another thing to gauge him by and how he handles this Portal BS and NIL.
His coaching hires were somewhat questioned at first because of Grubb and Huff going to the Seahawks, but I think he knew there was a chance of that happening thus the seemingly quick hires/ moving up coaches after it was official. Which tells me he has plans outside the box. The biggest thing for him other than the program itself is satisfying this fanbase. He will have to learn quickly about us, and it will not be a forgiving bunch.
I am excited for this next chapter of Bama Football. I am sure there will be growing pains with this fanbase, but I am liking the guy. Once games start happening if he has any ability to overcome some of the heat he will take and keeps the winning culture here, I see a successful Coach on the horizon.
Roll Tide!
First it is going to take me a bit to get the spelling of his name correct. I have researched the guy through all this going on in my life and have been a bit impressed to be honest. He was a Wide Receiver at Sioux Falls and broke all their records, coached there also with a 67-3 record. His overall record as a coach in college is 104-12. He is a winner. He is also a player's coach, and the culture here will change with his style compared to Saban's style, although truthfully Saban was a player's coach if you really listened to Coach Saban and his Press conference's, just a different style. Here is DeBoer's coaching career........
| Awards |
|---|
| 3 NAIA (2006, 2008, 2009) 4 GPAC (2006–2009) 1 Pac-12 (2023) |
| 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) |
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Falls Cougars (Great Plains Athletic Conference) (2005–2009) | |||||||
| 2005 | Sioux Falls | 11–2 | 9–1 | 2nd | L NAIA Semifinal | 4 | |
| 2006 | Sioux Falls | 14–0 | 10–0 | 1st | W NAIA Championship | 1 | |
| 2007 | Sioux Falls | 13–1 | 10–0 | 1st | L NAIA Championship | 2 | |
| 2008 | Sioux Falls | 14–0 | 10–0 | 1st | W NAIA Championship | 1 | |
| 2009 | Sioux Falls | 15–0 | 10–0 | 1st | W NAIA Championship | 1 | |
| Sioux Falls: | 67–3 | 49–1 | |||||
| Fresno State Bulldogs (Mountain West Conference) (2020–2021) | |||||||
| 2020 | Fresno State | 3–3 | 3–3 | T–5th | |||
| 2021 | Fresno State | 9–3[n 1] | 6–2 | 2nd | New Mexico[n 1] | ||
| Fresno State: | 12–6 | 9–5 | |||||
| Washington Huskies (Pac-12 Conference) (2022–2023) | |||||||
| 2022 | Washington | 11–2 | 7–2 | T–2nd | W Alamo | 8 | 8 |
| 2023 | Washington | 14–1 | 9–0 | 1st | W Sugar †, L CFP NCG† | 2 | 2 |
| Washington: | 25–3 | 16–2 |
I know he hasn't seen how rabid we are here at Bama, but I believe he understands the realm of things more than we think. He will get his SEC welcome at some point and we as fans will want him fired and such, but I believe he will do well here because of his winning culture. If he takes the Defensive side as serious as he takes the Offensive side, I think we will be fine. Recruiting will be another thing to gauge him by and how he handles this Portal BS and NIL.
His coaching hires were somewhat questioned at first because of Grubb and Huff going to the Seahawks, but I think he knew there was a chance of that happening thus the seemingly quick hires/ moving up coaches after it was official. Which tells me he has plans outside the box. The biggest thing for him other than the program itself is satisfying this fanbase. He will have to learn quickly about us, and it will not be a forgiving bunch.
I am excited for this next chapter of Bama Football. I am sure there will be growing pains with this fanbase, but I am liking the guy. Once games start happening if he has any ability to overcome some of the heat he will take and keeps the winning culture here, I see a successful Coach on the horizon.
Roll Tide!
