The Alabama Crimson Tide college football team represents the University of Alabama in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Crimson Tide competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 28 head coaches, and 1 interim head coach, since it began play during the 1892 season.2010 Alabama Football Media Guide, p. 3 Since January 2024, Kalen DeBoer has served as Alabama's head coach.

Adopting the nickname of the Crimson Tide after the 1907 season,2010 Alabama Football Media Guide, p. 117 the team has played more than 1,350 games over 131 seasons. In that time, 13 coaches have led the Crimson Tide in postseason bowl games: Wallace Wade, Frank Thomas, Harold Drew, Bear Bryant, Ray Perkins, Bill Curry, Gene Stallings, Mike DuBose, Dennis Franchione, Mike Shula, Joe Kines, Nick Saban, and DeBoer. Eight of those coaches also won conference championships: Wade captured four as a member of the Southern Conference and Thomas, Drew, Bryant, Curry, Stallings, DuBose, and Saban won a combined 25 as a member of the SEC.2010 Alabama Football Media Guide, pp. 180–193 During their tenures, Wade, Thomas, Bryant, Stallings, and Saban each won national championships with the Crimson Tide.

Bryant is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 232 victories during his 25 years with the program.2010 Alabama Football Media Guide, p. 193 Saban has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .866. Jennings B. Whitworth has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .166. Mike Price, who was hired in 2003, was fired prior to coaching a game. Of the 28 different head coaches who have led the Crimson Tide, Wade, Thomas, Bryant, Stallings, and Saban have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

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Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards No. Name Year(s) Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards 1 1892 1 — — — — — — — — — — 2 1893–1895, 1902 3, 1 — — — — — 3 1896 1 — — — — — 4 1897 1 — — — — — — — — — 5 1899 1 — — — — — 6 1900 1 — — — — — 7 1901 1 — — — — — 8 1903–1904 1 — — — — — 9 1905 1 — — — — — 10 1906–1909 4 — — — — — 11 1910 1 — — — — — 12 1911–1914 4 — — — — — 13 1915–1917 3 — — 14 1919–1922 4 — — 15 1923–1930 8 —  – 1925, 1926, 1930 — 16 1931–1946 16 —  – 1934, 1941 17 1947–1954 8 — 18 1955–1957 3 — — 19 1958–1982 25 —  – 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979 20 1983–1986 4 — — 21 1987–1989 3 — 22 1990–1996 7  – 1992 23 1997–2000 4 — — — 24 2001–2002 2 — — — — 25 2003 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 26 2003–2006 4 — — — — Int 2006 1 — — — — — — — — — — 27 2007–2023 17 — — —  – 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020 Paul "Bear" Bryant Award28Kalen DeBoer2024–present 2—————

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