{"id":1183775,"date":"2025-12-15T09:10:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1183775"},"modified":"2025-12-15T09:10:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:10:26","slug":"deboer-issues-statement-denying-michigan-any-other-job-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/deboer-issues-statement-denying-michigan-any-other-job-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"DeBoer Issues Statement Denying Michigan, Any Other Job Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a wild ride this season for the Alabama Crimson Tide under the second season of the Kalen DeBoer era, and the successor to Nick Saban faces his biggest test yet this Friday night in Norman with another chance at the Oklahoma Sooners.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last couple of weeks though, DeBoer and his team has faced the added distraction of the head coach being linked to openings at other jobs including both Penn State and Michigan. When asked directly prior to the SEC Championship about Penn State interest,\u00a0DeBoer flat out denied it and said how happy he is\u00a0at Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>That seemed to shut things down for the moment, but that was until Michigan fired Sherrone Moore for cause last week, and everyone\u2019s\u00a0first candidate was once again DeBoer. Though the Wolverines are still searching for a new coach, DeBoer came out on Sunday with a statement that made it clear he will not be leaving Tuscaloosa for Ann Arbor.<\/p>\n<p>Released by\u00a0<em>Yea Alabama<\/em>, DeBoer\u2019s statement made it very clear that he has no interest in discussing the Michigan or any other job and is focused on the task at hand for Alabama.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6cqE0uR9mx\">pic.twitter.com\/6cqE0uR9mx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yea Alabama (@yea_ala) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yea_ala\/status\/2000312644558106690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy family and I are very happy in Tuscaloosa and remain extremely grateful for the support of President [Peter] Mohler, Greg Byrne, the Board and so many others,\u201d the\u00a0statement read. \u201cWe have an incredible opportunity in front of us, so my sole focus is on Alabama football and our preparations to play Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff. I have not spoken and have no interest in speaking with anyone else about any other job. I am fully committed to this program and look forward to continuing as the head football coach at the University of Alabama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greg Byrne\u00a0issued a follow-up statement, expressing his gratitude to have DeBoer leading the program.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are proud to have Coach DeBoer leading our football program at The University of Alabama. He is an incredible coach and does an excellent job with the development of our student-athletes, both on and off the field. Just as he is committed to this team, we are committed to him,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q4FymqqtOX\">https:\/\/t.co\/q4FymqqtOX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Byrne (@Greg_Byrne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Greg_Byrne\/status\/2000313481615003715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to have Coach DeBoer leading our football program at The University of Alabama,\u201d Byrne wrote on X. \u201cHe is an incredible coach and does an excellent job with the development of our student-athletes, both on and off the field. Just as he is committed to this team, we are committed to him, and we look forward to taking the field Friday in the first round of the College Football Playoff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subsequent reporting revealed an extension is being discussed between DeBoer\u2019s representation and UA, though nothing has been signed as of Monday morning. Most importantly though, the Tide can give Oklahoma its full attention and figure out how to keep their season alive and handle a Sooners team which has given them serious trouble over the last couple of years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>It\u2019s been a wild ride this season for the Alabama Crimson Tide under the second season of the Kalen DeBoer era, and the successor to <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/deboer-issues-statement-denying-michigan-any-other-job-interest\/\" title=\"DeBoer Issues Statement Denying Michigan, Any Other Job Interest\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1080166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,91,147],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1183775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crimson-tide-bama-tide","8":"category-alabama","9":"category-featured-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dmk20231104205UWvUSC.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1183776,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183775\/revisions\/1183776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1080166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}