What is the Latest on Ryan Grubb to Tuscaloosa?

Mobile, Ala. – Jalen Milroe, CJ Dippre, Tim Smith, and James Brunip have begun practice at the Senior Bowl in Mobile. While the Crimson Tide stars were practicing on the field, Kalen DeBoer met with the media.

Alabama fans were discontent with the offensive production in 2024, leading many to call for the re-hiring of three-week Alabama offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb, who spent two seasons and three weeks with Kalen DeBoer in Washington and Tuscaloosa before accepting the same position with the Seattle Seahawks. Grubb was fired in January after just one season in Seattle.

Grubb’s open job status has led many Crimson Tide fans to clamor for his rehiring. While the logistics of the move could be messy—Nick Sheridan still has one season left on his contract as Alabama’s offensive coordinator—there could be ways to work around this to get Grubb on the staff.

Grubb and DeBoer are close friends and have worked together since their days at Sioux Falls. Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer was asked about a reunion on Tuesday in Mobile.

“{Ryan Grubb and I] go way back,” DeBoer said in Mobile on Monday. “He’s a great friend of mine, and I think the world of him as a person and a football coach. I know he’s working through his process, kind of after what last season brought. So, just kind of seeing what he does there. I’m here for him whenever he needs me.”

The door could be creaked on a Ryan Grubb reunion, based on DeBoer’s comments.

 

Wyatt Fulton is the TIde 100.9 DME and Brand Manager, primarily covering Alabama Crimson Tide football and men’s basketball. For more Crimson Tide coverage, follow Wyatt on X (Formerly known as Twitter) at @FultonW_.