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Alabama's Board of Trustees approved new coaching contracts, including extensions for men's basketball coach Nate Oats and women's basketball coach Pauline Love. Notably, defensive coordinator Kane Wommack's contract was among the 17 approved, while three football assistant coaches did not receive new deals.
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Several entries onĀ AlabamaāsĀ board of trustees compensation committee meeting agenda, released on Tuesday, were expected.Ā Crimson Tide menās basketball coach Nate Oatsā extensionĀ has been publicly announced , and new womenās basketball coach Pauline Loveās deal also needed approval.
Some of the football assistants are new and also obviously needed their deals approved. However, the rest of the 17 contracts up for approval during a meeting scheduled for Wednesday were new. Leading the way was football defensive coordinator Kane Wommack.
All but three of the football teamās assistant coaches will get new deals approved. The exceptions include offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb, running backs coach Robert Gillespie and defensive line coach Freddie Roach. Those three exclusions will be quite interesting to most Alabama fans. Grubb only has one year in role so that isnāt terribly surprising regardless of what one thinks of his job performance last season, but Gillespie and Roach are the last holdovers from the Saban era and performance from their position groups hasnāt been great. I think we can all agree who the most critical assistant will be for this seasonās success. Alabamaās offensive line wasnāt good enough a year ago, hence why Chris Kapilovic was fired and Klemm was hired.
Alabama's Board of Trustees approved new contracts for several coaches, including extensions for Nate Oats and Pauline Love, as well as new deals for most football assistant coaches.
Ryan Grubb's exclusion is due to his short tenure, while Gillespie and Roach are the last holdovers from the Saban era, and their position groups have underperformed.
Adrian Klemm has been hired to coach Alabama's offensive line, which is seen as a critical area for the team's success this season.
The strengths include a strong defense, while the primary weakness is the run game, which is expected to improve with the new offensive line coaching.

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Now, Klemm is tasked with getting an almost entirely new starting offensive line to jell while coaching up some players who arenāt all that experienced. Itās no small task, and thereās only so much Klemm might be able to do. But Alabama needs him to squeeze every bit of potential and talent out of this group.
Heading into the summer, offensive line remains a position of concern. Klemm has plenty of work to do. The success of the offense, and the season, might depend on it. Everything hinges on how well the OL comes together. The ESPN staff lists potential strengths and weaknesses for their preseason top 25. I think we all can agree with this. **Strength: Defense.**Ā The 11 guys Kalen DeBoer puts out there to defend should have the Tide feeling confident every Saturday. The defensive backfield should be one of the best in college football.Ā Yhonzae Pierre, the teamās leading pass rusher, is back, and despite some key losses at linebacker, new faces such asĀ Caleb WoodsonĀ (Virginia Tech) and five-star freshman Xavier Griffin bring optimism. Unsurprisingly, thereās talent ā and depth ā all over.
**Weakness: The run game.**Ā A disclaimer: I believe this gets fixed this season. But after last season, when Alabamaās run game was abysmal, the biggest question going into 2026 is whether this problem gets resolved. DeBoer overhauled the offensive line and brought in Adrian Klemm to coach them (how fast do they mesh?). The running backs room features a veteran inĀ Daniel Hill, and EJ Crowell, another exciting freshman. Traeāshawn Brown, another freshman, could very well be part of the solution as well. Thereās plenty of reason for optimism. Alabama landed a high school commitment for 2027, but at this point odds are probably 50/50 of any commitment sticking through signing day. Stevan Thornton III announced his commitment to the Crimson Tide on Tuesday night.
Thornton is a three-star edge rusher from Cairo, Ga., per the Rivals Industry rankings. He picked Alabama over Georgia, Tulane, South Florida, Tennessee and Ole Miss, among other programs.
ā1000% COMMITTED,ā Thornton posted to social media. āAll glory to God for guiding me through prayer, hard work, and the support of my family. This journey didnāt come easy, but Iām proud to announce Iām officially 1000% committed to the Alabama Crimson Tide.ā Last, Bruce Feldman has a great piece on how the transfer portal has hampered development along the lines of scrimmage. NFL front offices donāt seem pleased. A national scout who used to work in college recruiting agreed, adding that all the portal movement really hurts line play on both sides of the ball.
āIf youāre not staying at one place that develops and trains guys the same way for more than a year, itās so hard to grow physically,ā the scout said. āThereās a direct correlation (with the impact of a lack of development with college line prospects) because these guys are jumping ship left and right. This strength guy trains a guy differently than that one does. Itās difficult because these dudes just arenāt at the same place for very long now.ā
Based on that, itās probably not a coincidence that the draftās top two O-line prospects, Miamiās Francis Mauigoa and Utahās Spencer Fano, spent their entire college careers at the same program. All six ofĀ Dane BruglerāsĀ highest-ranked offensive linemen didnāt play a down at more than one college.
āThereās definitely a big case to be made for that when it comes to staying in the same system and perfecting your craft,ā said the scout. āThat stuff goes a long way.ā Thatās about it for now. Have a great day. Roll Tide.