Kalen DeBoer knows Alabama football has to be better.
Standing outside of Hancock Whitney Stadium for the 2025 Senior Bowl, the Alabama football coach harkened back to his expectation for the Crimson Tide when he first took the job: to perform at a championship level.
“And we certainly fell short of that,” DeBoer said Tuesday.
Alabama finished the 2024 season with a 9-4 record, recording less than 10 wins for the first time in since 2007. The Crimson Tide lost two of its final three games in 2024, including its ReliaQuest Bowl appearance against Michigan.
But as 2025 prep ramps up, DeBoer said he’s sensing something different, something he is excited about.
“Whether you are 0-12 or 12-0 in a regular season, you are always going to critique and be really detailed on how you got to improve,” DeBoer said. “I appreciate what our staff is doing, what our players are doing to really look inward, work together and continue to move forward. There’s a lot of good things already happening. It already feels just a lot different internally as we turn the page into 2025.”
