Alabama football hiring Ryan Grubb as offensive coordinator

Kalen DeBoer is getting the band back together. Alabama football is bringing on Ryan Grubb as offensive coordinator, reuniting DeBoer with the man who helped him bring Washington to the national championship game in 2023.

Alabama announced the news Sunday through its Yea Alabama NIL collective. DeBoer had not ruled out the possibility when asked about it during a media availability at the Senior Bowl.

When DeBoer left the Huskies to join Alabama after Nick Saban retired in January of 2024, Grubb initially followed. However, he then decided to remain in Seattle, taking the OC job with the NFL’s Seahawks.

After one season, Grubb was fired by the Seahawks. That move opened the door to reunite with DeBoer in Tuscaloosa.

After Grubb headed back to Seattle, Nick Sheridan was promoted to Alabama’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The release did not mention his future.

Grubb first worked for DeBoer at Sioux Falls in 2007. The two also worked together at Eastern Michigan and Fresno State, before going to Washington in 2022.

Now back in Tuscaloosa, in a job he first interviewed for ahead of the 2023 season, when Saban was still in charge, Grubb will have work to do. Alabama’s offense was inconsistent throughout DeBoer’s first season, leading to the Crimson Tide’s first season with less than 10 wins since 2007.

He’ll immediately have a quarterback battle on his hands, with Jalen Milroe’s departure for the NFL Draft. Ty Simpson, Austin Mack and Keelon Russell will be the major players in the QB room this offseason