Alabama raised some eyebrows earlier within the offseason when it gave head coach Kalen DeBoer a contract extension that pays him $12.5 million yearly. Amongst these to take discover was earlier head coach Nick Saban.
Saban, who gained six nationwide championships for Alabama, by no means noticed his annual wage get that prime, however that does not imply he is upset with DeBoer. As an alternative, it is about holding DeBoer glad in Tuscaloosa.
“Look, I feel teaching is a aggressive subject, identical to enjoying is a aggressive subject, and I feel Kalen’s had loads of alternatives (elsewhere) and if Alabama needed to maintain him, they wanted to do what they wanted to do to maintain him,” Saban said, by way of Colin Homosexual of the Tuscaloosa Information.
“I’m glad that he’s the coach. And I feel when coaches change (faculties) now, how a lot does your roster change? Once I retired (in 2024), 26 gamers (transferred), which was laborious for the following coach, whoever it was, to beat. And I feel they’ve completed a fairly good job with that transition.”
Towards the top of the 2025 season, there have been rumors that DeBoer may very well be on the transfer to Michigan. That by no means occurred, however it was sufficient to get Alabama to pay as much as hold him round.
