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List of Alabama Crimson Tide head football coaches

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List of Alabama Crimson Tide head football coaches
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[[Kalen DeBoer]] is the 28th and current head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide.

The Alabama Crimson Tide college football team represents the University of Alabama in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Crimson Tide competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 28 head coaches, and 1 interim head coach, since it began play during the 1892 season. Since January 2024, Kalen DeBoer has served as Alabama's head coach.

Adopting the nickname of the Crimson Tide after the 1907 season, the team has played more than 1,350 games over 131 seasons. In that time, 13 coaches have led the Crimson Tide in postseason bowl games: Wallace Wade, Frank Thomas, Harold Drew, Bear Bryant, Ray Perkins, Bill Curry, Gene Stallings, Mike DuBose, Dennis Franchione, Mike Shula, Joe Kines, Nick Saban, and DeBoer. Eight of those coaches also won conference championships: Wade captured four as a member of the Southern Conference and Thomas, Drew, Bryant, Curry, Stallings, DuBose, and Saban won a combined 25 as a member of the SEC. During their tenures, Wade, Thomas, Bryant, Stallings, and Saban each won national championships with the Crimson Tide.

Bryant is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 232 victories during his 25 years with the program. Saban has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .866. and Saban have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Key

Coaches

No.NameYear(s)
Season(s)GCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLPTDC
CCNCAwards
Kalen DeBoer
118921——————————
21893–1895, 19023, 1—————
318961—————
418971—————————
518991—————
619001—————
719011—————
81903–19041—————
919051—————
101906–19094—————
1119101—————
121911–19144—————
131915–19173——
141919–19224——
15****1923–19308—– 1925, 1926, 1930—
16****1931–194616—– 1934, 1941SEC Coach of the Year (1945)
171947–19548—SEC Coach of the Year (1952)
181955–19573——
19****1958–198225—– 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979
201983–19864——
211987–19893—Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award (1989)
AP SEC Coach of the Year (1989)
UPI SEC Coach of the Year (1987, 1989)
SEC Coach of the Year (1989)
22****
1990–19967– 1992AFCA Coach of the Year (1992)
FWAA Coach of the Year (1992)
George Munger Award (1992)
Walter Camp Coach of the Year (1992)
AP SEC Coach of the Year (1992)
SEC Coach of the Year (1992)
231997–20004———AP SEC Coach of the Year (1999)
SEC Coach of the Year (1999)
242001–20022————
2520031————————————————
262003–20064————
Int20061——————————
27****
2007–202317———– 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020AP Coach of the Year (2008)
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (2008)
Home Depot Coach of the Year (2008)
Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2008)
Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year (2008)
Walter Camp Coach of the Year (2008)
{{nowrapAP SEC Coach of the Year (2009)
282024–present2—————

Notes

References

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Specific

References

  1. ''2010 Alabama Football Media Guide'', p. 3
  2. (January 4, 2007). "After repeated denials, Saban takes Bama job". ESPN.
  3. 2010 Alabama Football Media Guide, p. 117
  4. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. "All-time Football Results". RollTide.com.
  5. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. "Bowl History". RollTide.com.
  6. ''2010 Alabama Football Media Guide'', pp. 180–193
  7. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. "National Championships". RollTide.com.
  8. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "National Poll Rankings". NCAA.org.
  9. ''2010 Alabama Football Media Guide'', p. 193
  10. Goodbread, Chase. (May 28, 2010). "Gene Stallings enters Hall of Fame". The Tuscaloosa News.
  11. (January 10, 2025). "Alabama's Nick Saban named to College Football Hall of Fame on ESPN's 'College GameDay'". USA Today.
  12. (December 20, 1917). "Noojin to coach Crimson next year". NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers.
  13. (August 23, 1943). "Intercollegiate football abandoned at University". The Tuscaloosa News.
  14. 2010 Alabama Football Media Guide, p. 175
  15. "Past National COTY Winners". American Football Coaches Association.
  16. "Past Winners". Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation.
  17. "All-time Eddie Robinson Award Winners". Football Writers Association of America.
  18. "George Munger Award – Past recipients". Maxwell Football Club.
  19. (December 23, 2010). "Saban named AP's top coach". ESPN.com.
  20. Rapoport, Ian. (December 9, 2008). "Nick Saban named Home Depot Coach of the Year". al.com.
  21. "Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year: Previous Winners (2008)". Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year.
  22. "Tide's Saban is SN's National Coach of the Year". SportingNews.com.
  23. (December 28, 2008). "Alabama's Nick Saban Named Walter Camp 2008 Coach of the Year". [[Walter Camp Football Foundation]].
  24. (14 January 2021). "Saban wins Bear Bryant award, his first at Bama".
  25. Harwell, Hoyt. (November 30, 1990). "SEC sets division lineups". The Tuscaloosa News.
  26. ["Hall of Fame inductee search: Wallace Wade"]({{College Football HoF/url). [[National Football Foundation]].
  27. "Hall of Fame inductee search: Frank Thomas". [[National Football Foundation]].
  28. "Hall of Fame inductee search: Paul Bryant". [[National Football Foundation]].
  29. Deas, Tommy. (August 1, 1995). "Forfeitures will revise UA history". The Tuscaloosa News.
  30. (May 4, 2003). "Witt: Price warned before trip about his behavior". ESPN.com.
  31. (March 23, 2010). "Alabama's penalty from '09 ruling stands". ESPN.com.
  32. Hurt, Cecil. (March 24, 2010). "NCAA denies UA's appeal of sanctions". The Tuscaloosa News.
  33. (November 28, 2006). "Alabama fires Shula, names Kines interim coach". ESPN.com.
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