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Kalen DeBoer

2020-2025Alabama, Fresno State, Washington

3 schools coached, anchored by Alabama.

Kalen DeBoer coached 6 seasons, won 78.0%, and posted an average SRS of 9.6. Best season: 2024 Alabama. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

Career record
46-13
Career win rate
78.0%
Average SRS
9.6
Peak SRS
18.1

Career Dossier

One glance at the full arc.

The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.

Seasons coached
6
Career span
6 years
Best finish
#2
Consistency
27.3

Primary school anchor

Alabama

Offense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 80.6.

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Kalen DeBoer
EliteStrongAverageLean
Kalen DeBoer: 2022 WashingtonKalen DeBoer: 2024 Alabama
2020Actual season year • SRS range -6.7 to 18.12025

Active comparison point

Kalen DeBoer2024

Selected

2024 Alabama

Best seasonNew stop: Alabama

9-4 • SRS 18.1 • SP Overall 25.0

Win %

69.2%

YoY SRS

+1.6

SP Off / Def

37.9 / 14.6

Finish

#17

Comparison context

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Ranked opponent record

Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.

Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

20-5

Games
25
Win rate
80.0%

Top 10

7-3

Games
10
Win rate
70.0%

Top 5

4-3

Games
7
Win rate
57.1%
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Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Alabama

2024-20252 seasons

Avg SRS 15.4 • Win % 69.2%

Washington

2022-20232 seasons

Avg SRS 14.3 • Win % 89.3%

Fresno State

2020-20212 seasons

Avg SRS -0.8 • Win % 66.7%

Longest tenure
Alabama • 2 seasons
Best tenure
Alabama • 15.4 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Washington • 89.3%

Style and Strength Profile

Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.

These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.

Overall Strength

Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.

Kalen DeBoer sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Kalen DeBoer sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Kalen DeBoer

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Raw avg SP Overall
12.9
Percentile
91th pct

Elite

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Impact by school

See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.

Alabama

2024-20259-4

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 15.4Win % 69.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.5 during vs 12.0 baseline

-7.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

15.4 during vs 24.1 baseline

-8.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

19.9 during vs 28.0 baseline

-8.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

50.0% during vs 100.0% baseline

-50.0%

Washington

2022-202325-3

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 14.3Win % 89.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

12.5 during vs 6.6 baseline

+5.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

14.3 during vs 12.6 baseline

+1.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

16.1 during vs 14.9 baseline

+1.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

100.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

+80.0%

Fresno State

2020-202112-6

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -0.8Win % 66.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.0 during vs 5.9 baseline

+0.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-0.8 during vs -5.4 baseline

+4.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

2.6 during vs -3.8 baseline

+6.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Alabama 2024

9-4SRS 18.1

Biggest Improvement

Fresno State 2021

9-311.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Washington 2022

11-2SP Off 41.2

Best Defensive Season

Alabama 2024

9-4SP Def 14.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Fresno State 2020

3-3SRS -6.7

Biggest Drop

Alabama 2025

0-0-5.4 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Alabama2025000012.714.832.216.1-5.4
Alabama20241394069.2%#5#1718.125.037.914.6+1.6-24.1%
Washington202315141093.3%#10#216.516.440.324.7+4.5+8.7%
Washington202213112084.6%#812.015.741.225.5+6.8+9.6%
Fresno State20211293075.0%5.210.834.724.2+11.9+25.0%
Fresno State2020633050.0%-6.7-5.529.334.8

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