How much pressure is Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer facing in 2025?
Fox Sports college football analyst Joel Klatt has some thoughts on DeBoer entering Year 2 in Tuscaloosa, which he shared Monday on his popular video podcast, “The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast.” Klatt discussed 10 head coaches under pressure entering the 2025 season.
For DeBoer, who went 9-4 in his first season as Alabama’s coach last year, Klatt said he thinks that fans are still trying to be patient with Nick Saban’s successor.
“At this point, the fan base right now, just trying to be patient with Kalen DeBoer,” Klatt said. “Year 1 was, let’s face it, a little underwhelming for DeBoer. They were 9-4. First time not winning 10 games since 2007. That was obviously Nick Saban’s first year. They’re not going to sit around and wait for these 8-win, 9-win seasons.”
Klatt acknowledged that DeBoer was at a place where he’s expected to win. “And not just win, but win big and win at the highest level of college football,” he added. “Can’t miss the playoff, in particular as we have expansion to 12 and we’re going to be moving in 2026 and beyond to 14 or most likely 16 (teams).”
Alabama missed the playoff last season in large part because of a 24-3 blowout loss to an Oklahoma Sooners team that had won only one conference game all year before the Crimson Tide’s Nov. 23 debacle in Norman.
‘He’s got to win that game’: Joel Klatt on the biggest game Kalen DeBoer faces in 2025
Where things could get “a little uncomfortable” for DeBoer in Year 2, Klatt believes, isn’t in the Crimson Tide’s Sept. 27 game against Georgia in Athens.
Instead, Klatt believes the biggest pressure on DeBoer will be in Alabama’s ‘Third Saturday in October’ rivalry clash with Tennessee on Oct. 18 at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
“That’s the moment on the schedule,” Klatt said. “Home…
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Publish date : 2025-06-09 17:19:00
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