One Tuscaloosa-based publication celebrated Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer's knowledge of championship-level football.

When Kalen DeBoer was introduced as Alabama football’s head coach one year ago, he did not make specific proclamations about his first season.

Alabama didn’t quite have the success the team expected under Kalen DeBoer in his first season as head coach. The Crimson Tide finished 9-4, losing the ReliaQuest Bowl to Michigan to end the campaign.

Alabama head football coach Kalen DeBoer has lost the narrative surrounding his Crimson Tide in the Yellowhammer State.

Ray Perkins, who started with an 8-4 record in 1983, led the Crimson Tide to a 5-6 record in 1984 with losses to Boston College, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Tennessee and LSU. Alabama entered the season No. 9 in the AP poll, and finished the season unranked.