Alabama head football coach Kalen DeBoer has been a costly decision for the Crimson Tide in more ways than one.

The Kalen DeBoer era at Alabama football rolls into Year 2. Here are the five questions that could define the 2025 season.

Let’s take a look at answering that question by handing out some grades for Alabama football in year No. 1 under head coach Kalen DeBoer.

Alabama head football coach Kalen DeBoer didn't get much praise during the season, but he's doing a good job with player retention this offseason.

Here’s what Kalen DeBoer’s career has looked like in his second seasons as a head coach ahead of heading into year two at Alabama.

Although DeBoer’s season wasn’t the worst first year for a Crimson Tide coach, it snapped a streak of 10-win seasons. Alabama had won at least 10 games for 16 straight seasons. The last time the Crimson Tide didn’t win 10 games was in 2007, Saban’s first year.

Jalen Milroe and Tyler Booker are confident in the direction the program is heading under the leadership of DeBoer.

Washington improved. It won 14 games in 2023, beating Texas again in the College Football Playoff in the Sugar Bowl before losing to Michigan in the CFP national championship game. Days later, DeBoer was named as Nick Saban's successor with Alabama football.

One Tuscaloosa-based publication celebrated Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer's knowledge of championship-level football.