Kalen DeBoer was the head coach at Washington and Fresno State, and before that the longtime head coach at the University of Sioux Falls (NAIA) before taking the Alabama job.

Quick Scoop: Where He Coached Before Alabama

  • Washington (Head Coach, 2022–2023)
    DeBoer led Washington to an 11–2 season in 2022 and a 14–1 run in 2023 that reached the College Football Playoff National Championship, earning multiple Coach of the Year honors.

His success in Seattle is what vaulted him into the national spotlight just before he was hired at Alabama.

  • Fresno State (Head Coach, 2020–2021)
    Before Washington, he was the head coach at Fresno State, where he went 12–6 and won the 2021 New Mexico Bowl.

That stint followed an earlier run there as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2017–2018.

  • Earlier Offensive Coordinator Stops
    DeBoer previously served as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Indiana (2019), Fresno State (2017–2018), Eastern Michigan (2014–2016), and Southern Illinois (2010–2013).

Those jobs built his reputation as an innovative offensive mind before he became a full-time FBS head coach.

  • Sioux Falls (Head Coach and Early Career, NAIA)
    His first head‑coaching job was at his alma mater, the University of Sioux Falls, where he went 67–3 from 2005–2009 and won three NAIA national championships.

He started there even earlier as an assistant and offensive coordinator, working his way up from student assistant and receivers coach to coordinator from 2000–2004.

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