Kalen DeBoer explains why he doesn’t curse while coaching

Most football coaches have a tendency to curse. That’s not a secret by any means. However, one head coach who does what he can to avoid it is the new Alabama head coach, Kalen DeBoer.

While making an appearance on The Next Round, DeBoer explained he doesn’t curse while he’s coaching.

“To me, there’s a fire don’t get me wrong,” Kalen DeBoer said. “There’s a fire and there’s a competitiveness that the guys see. I think they see that already in the workouts and they feel that in how we meet in team meetings and the standard that exists, it’s still the same standard, it’s just messaged a different way I think.”

That method has led to plenty of success in his career. Last year, his second as the head coach at Washington, he took the Huskies to the College Football Playoff before falling short in the championship game. Between his time at Washington and Fresno State, DeBoer has a 37-9 FBS record.

Prior to being an FBS head coach, Kalen DeBoer was also an NAIA coach for Sioux Falls. In five seasons there, he went 67-3, winning three championships.

“I just feel like you are who you are. For me, finding ways to positively reinforce. Obviously, there’s a piece like you were bringing up, there’s a discipline in the moment, or things like that. That still happens,” DeBoer said. “But how do you message that and how do you deliver? How do you work together with these guys for the players to understand that, hey, I’m fighting the same fight you are, I want the same things you want? We all want individually and for our team to be great. That just comes through, continuing to be there, to support them, and help get them corrected.”

For Kalen DeBoer, this approach comes down to what he sees the job of a football coach being.

“We talk about our coaches’ jobs are to teach, critique, and demand. So, we’re teaching, we’re being critical of them, and we’re demanding excellence and demanding as much close to perfection as we can,” DeBoer said. “Their [the players’] jobs are to grind, refine, and compete. So, the guys are grinding, they’re refining their skills, and they’re competing to be the best they can.”

Paul Finebaum describes what success looks like for Kalen DeBoer in Year 1 at Alabama

Kalen DeBoer is replacing a legend in the form of Nick Saban. That won’t be easy and it’s a big reason for what analyst Paul Finebaum thinks success would look like in his first season.

“Playoffs,” Finebaum laughed.

“I mean there’s no getting around it. Alabama fans don’t accept, ‘Well, we had a good season but…’ That’s not the standard at Alabama.”