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Alabama football coach Kalen BeBoer has been on a tear lately.
DeBoer is currently the head coach of the only program in the nation with five 5-star recruits in the class of 2026 after landing EDGE Xavier Griffin, receiver Cederian Morgan, safety Jireh Edwards and running back Ezavier Crowell since the start of June. Alabama also landed five-star cornerback Jorden Edmonds back in March.
The Crimson Tide now have the No. 5 recruiting class in the nation according to 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN. Alabama’s 2025 class is ranked No. 3 by 247Sports and No. 4 by On3/Rivals.
But DeBoer still has to transfer his success on the recruiting trails into the actual on-field product at Alabama. To that end, CBS Sports’ nine-member panel of college football experts got together this week to reveal their annual Hot Seat rankings for 2025.
The panel used a 0-5 scale with 5 representing a coach who must “Win or be fired,” while 0-0.99 makes for a coach considered “Untouchable.” Georgia’s Kirby Smart and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney are two such coaches who qualify as “untouchable.”
DeBoer was listed in the category of “All good… for now,” with a rating of 2.33. For comparison, two SEC head coaches who made CBS Sports’ hot seat list with a 4-4.99 ranking (labeled as “Start Improving Now”) were Auburn’s Hugh Freeze and Oklahoma’s Brent Venables.
In his first season at Alabama following the retirement of Nick Saban, DeBoer guided the Crimson Tide to a 9-4 record, including a thrilling win over Georgia, a blowout at LSU, and a fifth straight Iron Bowl victory over Auburn.
The season didn’t end the way Alabama had hoped, though, with a blowout loss to Oklahoma in November that proved to be just enough to keep the Crimson Tide out of the first 12-team College Football Playoff. Alabama subsequently spent bowl season in Tampa and laid an egg in…
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Publish date : 2025-07-11 19:17:00
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