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How Kane Wommack enhances Alabama’s defense

He reached the highest achievement in the coaching profession by being the head coach of a collegiate program, but will college football see the best of him as a defensive coordinator?

Kane Wommack had success at the University of South Alabama for three years.

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The 37-year-old coached the Jaguars to a top-15 unit for total defense (313.2 ypg allowed) in 2023 while allowing 21 points per matchup. He could have stayed in Mobile (Ala.), but an opportunity occurred for him to reunite with Kalen DeBoer for the first time since 2019 and he wanted to take advantage of it.