LEXINGTON — Kentucky football coach Will Stein faced his counterpart from Alabama, Kalen DeBoer, in a past life.
DeBoer was Washington's head coach in 2023, when Stein was Oregon's offensive coordinator. The teams squared off twice that season. The Huskies escaped with a pair of three-point wins: 36-33 in Seattle in a regular-season matchup, then 34-31 in the Pac-12 Championship Game in Las Vegas.
Though Stein and DeBoer have traded the Pac-12 for the SEC, the respect remains.
"He's 125-20 as a head coach over his career. He wins everywhere he goes," Stein said of DeBoer, who is in his third season at Alabama. "Ryan Grubb, their OC, is extremely creative. I've stolen a lot of plays from Coach Grubb. He does a really good job with that unit."
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