Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer is set to hire South Alabama head coach Kane Wommack as the Crimson Tide's new defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN on Monday.
DeBoer and Wommack worked together on Indiana's staff in 2019, DeBoer as the Hoosiers' offensive coordinator and Wommack as defensive coordinator. Wommack, 36, just finished his third season as South Alabama's head coach and led the Jaguars to bowl games each of the past two seasons. South Alabama won 10 games in 2022, the most in school history as an FBS program.
In his final season as Indiana's defensive coordinator in 2020, Wommack was a finalist for the Broyles Award, which goes to the top assistant coach in the country.