Wommack trusted DeBoer completely, leading to his choice to leave a head coach job at South Alabama to join the Tide as an assistant. The two had worked together at Indiana, where he got to see DeBoer’s consistency up close. According to DeBoer, it’s a trait he’s always had.

Keon Sabb will not be back for Alabama football in 2024. Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer said Monday that Sabb would be out for the rest of the season. This follows DeBoer saying the safety would be out for "a while" after leaving the Tennessee game with a lower-extremity injury.

The No. 10 Alabama football program enters the final two weeks of the 2024 regular season in great position to participate in the post season. Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer spent time with the media on Monday in the Naylor Stone Media Suite inside the Mal Moore Athletic Facility to talk about his team's performance against Mercer and the upcoming road trip to Oklahoma.