Best of the Bus: Kalen DeBoer On Taking Over From Nick Saban + Implementing His Own Culture

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🗓️ 13 December 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Best of the Bus, the boys sit down with new Alabama head football coach Kalen DeBoer following his hire after Nick Saban’s retirement. Taking over for arguably the greatest coach of all time comes with massive expectations, and DeBoer opens up about what the hiring process was really like — including having just 24 hours to make the decision, fresh off a national championship loss.

Will and Taylor dive into what fans can expect from Alabama this season as DeBoer begins building his own culture while respecting the traditions that have defined the program. He breaks down the first message he delivered to the team, how he met individually with team leaders, and what he wants the identity of this next era of Alabama football to look like.

After this conversation, it’s clear the standard in Tuscaloosa isn’t changing anytime soon. Enjoy, fellas.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.6	And we got to also sit with Coach DeBoer, who came from Washington, and we talked with him
0:09.6	about succeeding, obviously, arguably the greatest college football coach of all time
0:14.1	and Nick Saban.
0:14.8	We talk a lot about his transition from Washington, going from that national title loss to
0:20.4	getting the job with Alabama.
0:22.2	Some of the culture wrinkles he's bringing in Alabama.
0:24.3	I can already foresee a headline coming out about, you know, hey, they're playing music now.
0:28.5	They seem a little bit more loose at Alabama as the culture.
0:30.9	You can see some stuff already being created out of that.
0:33.7	But he talks about some of the new things that he's bringing in Alabama.
0:36.8	What got him the job
0:37.8	succeeding Nick Saban and, you know, in those interviews with the players, we asked them about how it's
0:43.0	been in Springball with Coach DeBoer. So check those out. You guys are going to love this conversation
0:47.8	with Coach DeBore. He was all time with the boys. But yeah, man, and shout out to the University of
0:52.7	Alabama for letting us in. know that we tried for a couple
0:57.2	times and usually it's a very it's a tough place to get in so we thank you guys for allowing us to
1:01.6	see your facilities a plus all around like you guys crushed it you guys Tyler Booker gave us a tour
1:07.4	it was incredible again you guys are going to enjoy this interview uh yeah so without
1:12.2	further ado big hugs tiny kisses make sure Alabama fans if you were new here make sure you're
1:17.4	subscribed to the boys leave comments throughout the episode um but yeah coach debor yeah
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