After the first practice of the 2025 season, Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer projected a calmness not bothered by pressure.
After the first Alabama football practice session of Fall Camp, Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer met with beat reporters. He was not the same Kalen DeBoer as last season. In media sessions during last season, DeBoer never came across as fully at ease. The tremendous pressure of following Nick Saban appeared to weigh heavily on DeBoer. So heavily that when making public comments, a base level of tension was often evident.