Former Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb has landed on his feet. Fired after his first and only year with the Seahawks (and the NFL overall), Grubb is headed to Tuscaloosa to be the offensive coordinator for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Grubb is now reunited with head coach Kalen DeBoer, as the pair were linked in the same roles at the University of Washington.
This news was broken by NFL insider Jordan Schultz.
Sources: #Alabama is hiring former #Seahawks OC Ryan Grubb as its new offensive coordinator.
Grubb reunites with Kalen DeBoer, who he was with at Washington and essentially his entire coaching career. A big hire for the Tide. pic.twitter.com/MgplPng6Tl
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) February 2, 2025
Grubb was the offensive coordinator for the Huskies from 2022-2023 where the Dawgs had the best offense in the country. DeBoer and Grubb were a big reason why UW made it to the National Championship in 2023, despite losing in a blowout to Michigan.
When Schultz mentions the two have been together for most of their respective coaching careers, he’s not kidding! DeBoer and Grubb have been together at Sioux Falls, Eastern Michigan and Fresno State before moving to the Emerald City. They were even briefly linked together at Alabama, as Grubb was initially supposed to be on DeBoer’s staff as his OC with the Tide, before Grubb was hired away by the Seahawks.
Grubb wasn’t the only Tide coach on DeBoer’s initial staff to be hired away by Seattle, as Grubb took offensive line coach Scott Huff along with him. Huff is still currently employed by the Seahawks in the same role, but it remains to be seen if he will follow his former offensive coordinator back down to Alabama, and help DeBoer get the band back together.
