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Ryan Grubb Reunites with Kalen DeBoer on Crimson Tide Staff

Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer has reunited with Ryan Grubb, adding him to the staff as offensive coordinator. Grubb previously served as DeBoer’s offensive coordinator at Sioux Falls, Eastern Michigan, Fresno State, and Washington.

DeBoer had hinted at the possible reunion earlier in the week, saying, “We go way back. Great friend of mine. I think the world of him as a football coach and obviously as a person too.”

Grubb had been serving as the Seattle Seahawks’ offensive coordinator but parted ways with the team in early January. Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald stated that the offense didn’t meet his expected direction.

“It just didn’t manifest itself the way that we expected,” Macdonald said. “The offense, the direction that was going, it just wasn’t the way that I wanted it to go.”

“We want it to mirror our football team. All the things we’ve been talking about. It isn’t that we weren’t doing these things on offense throughout the year. We’ve done a lot of great things. But we want our offense to be a physical unit and dictate terms to the defense, and play complementary football. And get the ball to our playmakers frequently in space, (letting) our quarterback play fast. We were doing a lot of those things, offensively. We just decided to go a different direction. It really just was an alignment thing and a vision thing, and that’s why we made the decision.”

Grubb’s tenure with the Seahawks lasted one year, during which the team finished 14th in the league with 332.2 yards per game. In his nine seasons as an offensive coordinator at the college level, Grubb’s teams topped 400 yards per game in six of those seasons.

It appeared Grubb would be directing the offense last season with Alabama. However, he moved on to the job as the Seahawks’ offensive coordinator. The Tide turned the offense over to Nick Sheridan. Under Sheridan, Alabama ranked No. 39 in the country in yards per game. However, the team proved more successful in putting points on the board. The Tide’s average of 35.5 tied for No. 15 in the country.

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