Alabama coach made his Media Days debut in Dallas
Alabama head football coach Kalen DeBoer speaks during the Southeastern Conference NCAA college football media days Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Dallas. Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer made his SEC Media Days debut in Dallas on Wednesday.
Speaking of, I’ve got three great gentlemen, Jalen Milroe, our quarterback, Malachi Moore, our safety, and Tyler Booker, who I know you’ll see throughout the day. These guys have just been special from the beginning. Probably three of the guys that when I really look at it and all the craziness with the transition and coming into the program myself, three of the guys that just never wavered from the beginning.
I was fortunate enough to pretty much show up and within a month or so get a chance to support Nate Oats and our basketball team making a Final Four run, and not long after that, our softball team making a trip to the Women’s College World Series, other great teams and the department as a whole is in such a great place because of Greg’s leadership.
Looking forward to hitting the field two weeks from today at this very time, we’ll be in practice, which is exciting. I love being on the grass with the guys, love being out there working with them. It’s what it’s all about. It’s why we do what we do as coaches, and really looking forward to that. We return -- I guess it depends on how you look at it -- five starters on offense, five starters on defense, a couple specialists, and those guys are going to certainly be counted on.
Well deserved with that honor, and then personally and from I think on behalf of everyone with Alabama football and the University of Alabama, we appreciate everything Coach has done to make this foundation strong to where we can continue to build on it, continue to help make those that are supportive of our program proud, and just appreciate all those years and hard work that’s been put into this.
But he just dives into it. There’s no one that’s going to beat him into the football facility from the players’ vantage point. He’s there 4:30, 5:00 for sure every single day, and I know there’s guys that have tried to beat him into the facility, and they can’t. You alluded to the Washington players, the four of them that have come in. These are just standouts, not just on the football field, but just high-end character guys. They knew that they had to adapt to the things that Alabama represents and the football program, and I think I couldn’t be more -- because I did have a relationship with them obviously before coming here. I couldn’t be more proud of the way they’ve approached everything, now stepping up as leaders themselves.
Now, what does that mean? We’ve talked a lot about that. I’m going to provide the framework and the parameters, and a lot of the organization that I feel has worked for me over many years, but I also want them to have that buy-in and understand the why, not just what.
The alternative is to be at places where there aren’t expectations. At some point there’s been places where maybe a little bit of that has happened throughout my career, and this is a great place to be. I’m very blessed, very honored, and certainly acknowledge what you said, but we’re just going to focus on this team and being the best we can be and continue to build on the great tradition of Alabama football.
So I had to have a staff that would work well together. I think it’s all hands on deck with our staff. Those within the building would feel that, just kind of sharing, that it’s a team effort. But we also certainly have some guys and staff on the field and off the field that just work relentlessly every single day, just to build those relationships, to help us get guys to campus.
He did a great job for us at Washington the last two years, and coming in, he and Kane Wommack have really worked so well together. I know the role has been as an analyst and a coordinator. We have other members that are on the on-field staff that are critical to our scheme and development and growth of our defensive side of the ball.
KALEN DeBOER: You know, I think I should never be surprised at the things that great programs do and have and the culture that exists. But what really has been awesome to see, and again, this isn’t necessarily a surprise, but it’s been awesome just to see our guys be completely 100 percent focused on the main things. Their chemistry and their trust and belief is one thing, but I think -- and the accountability, as well.
Again, not a surprise, but something that just I have a lot of appreciation for. It was an awesome spring, and I think that all 15 practices, we’ve maximized and got the most out of all 15 of those from start to finish.We’ve hunted for years in Chamberlain and Iroquois and Kimball, South Dakota. Every one of those people up there knew the SEC very well. They loved college football.
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