Alabama football finalizes Kalen DeBoer’s 1st coaching staff

Alabama football finalizes Kalen DeBoer’s 1st coaching staff

Kalen DeBoer’s 2024 staff is finalized. Alabama football announced the hirings of three on-field coaches on Friday, all of which had been previously reported.

Chris Kapilovic will coach the offensive line, after Scott Huff, who had initially taken the job, followed Ryan Grubb to the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks. Christian Robinson will take over outside linebackers, while Bryan Ellis will coach tight ends.

“We were able to also secure three of the finest coaches in the nation to finish out our staff with the hiring of Bryan Ellis, Chris Kapilovic and Christian Robinson,” DeBoer said in a press release. “Chris is one of the most respected offensive line coaches in the game with a reputation for recruiting and developing his players. Christian does an outstanding job of building relationships on both the recruiting trail and in his position room, where he gets the absolute best of his players. Ellis is one of the best offensive minds in college football and is a perfect fit for our staff.”

Kapilovic was briefly coaching offensive line at Baylor before coming to Alabama, a job he took after spending the past four seasons at Michigan State. His other coaching stops include Colorado, North Carolina and Southern Miss.

Robinson also came from Baylor, where he coached inside linebackers for the 2023 season. He previously coached linebackers at Auburn and Florida.

Ellis was working as offensive coordinator at Georgia Southern under Clay Helton for the past two seasons. He joined the Eagles after serving two stints in various positions, including offensive coordinator, at Western Kentucky.

In between his stops in Bowling Green, Ellis worked at Southern Cal for two seasons, coaching quarterbacks.

The Crimson Tide begins spring football on Monday. The annual A-Day spring game is scheduled for April 13 at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Alabama football 2024 on-field assistants

Nick Sheridan–offensive coordinator

Kane Wommack– defensive coordinator/ linebackers

JaMarcus Shephard– Wide receivers/ co-offensive coordinator

Colin Hitschler– defensive backs/ co-defensive coordinator

Maurice Linguist– defensive backs/ co-defensive coordinator

Robert Gillespie– running backs/ assistant head coach

Freddie Roach– defensive line/ assistant head coach

Chris Kapilovic– offensive line

Christian Robinson– outside linebackers

Bryan Ellis– tight ends