when Kalen DeBoer was selected to take Nick Saban’s position. After selecting the current national championship runner-up to succeed the greatest college football coach of all time in retirement, the Crimson Tide needed to make sure the program would not suffer.
The operative term here is “slight,” even though there was a slight discount associated with the transfer of power.
The official terms of DeBoer’s contract with Alabama are yet unknown. The board of trustees has not yet formally approved his hiring. The accord might still collapse in theory. It may, but it won’t.
DeBoer is being paid in the meantime in accordance with the previously agreed upon, but still pending approval, terms.
Kalen DeBoer has a large fortune!
According to the school’s final records, as first reported by Michael Casagrande, the school paid its new head football coach $834,978 in February. That number, multiplied by 12 months, marks an annual salary of $10,019,736.
Should this monthly payment number remain consistent throughout the year, DeBoer is the fifth-highest paid coach in the country alongside Lincoln Riley and Mike Norvell at $10 million per year. He is getting paid slightly more than Brian Kelly, Lane Kiffin, Eli Drinkwitz and Josh Heupel, and less than only Ryan Day, Steve Sarkisian, Kirby Smart and Dabo Swinney.
It is quite the jump from where the 49-year-old was a year ago!
Last season, Kalen DeBoer had a salary of $4.2 million from Washington. Before departing for the SEC, the Huskies allegedly made him an offer of a $9.4 million raise. The Crimson Tide appeared to offer a better financial deal in exchange for accepting what is arguably the most demanding position in college athletics.
Right now, no more information is available to the public. The amount Alabama would have to pay to buy DeBoer out if his stint didn’t work out has not yet been disclosed. After the trustees previously ratify the contract in the upcoming weeks, such information will be available.
Given his salary, there is a great deal of pressure on DeBoer to succeed quickly. A lull is not possible here.
