Alabama football OC Ryan Grubb named top candidate for head coach job

Under Nick Saban, the Alabama Crimson Tide had no shortage of former offensive and defensive coordinators who went from being an assistant in Tuscaloosa to roaming their own sidelines as head coaches at major Power 4 programs.

No one embodies this better than Kirby Smart, who left Alabama after its 2015 national championship season and is set to enter Year 10 as the head coach in Athens. Smart resurrected Georgia football and made the Bulldogs a two-time national champion.

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Like anyone else, Kalen DeBoer has a long way to go before matching the number of former Saban assistants in charge at other programs. But at least one national outlet believes DeBoer’s longtime offensive coordinator, Ryan Grubb, is a top assistant who could soon be in the mix for a marquee head coaching job.

CBS Sports college football analyst David Cobb believes Grubb is the top coordinator to watch as a future head coach going into the 2025 season.

Cobb said Thursday:

“Grubb fought to be Kalen DeBoer’s successor at Washington after the two constructed a juggernaut offense in two seasons with the Huskies. UW went with Jedd Fisch instead, and Grubb stayed in town to be offensive coordinator of the Seattle Seahawks for a season. Now, Grubb and DeBoer are reunited and working together at a fifth different school. If Ty Simpson emerges as one of the SEC’s best quarterbacks and the Crimson Tide’s offense takes off, Grubb will quickly become a coaching darling and find himself in high demand. Steve Sarkisian (Texas), Lane Kiffin (Ole Miss), Bill O’Brien (Boston College) and Mike Locksley (Maryland) offer plenty of evidence that Alabama’s offensive coordinator job can be a springboard to Power Four head coaching opportunities.”

For Grubb’s first season reunited with DeBoer in…

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Publish date : 2025-06-12 17:45:00

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