Nick Saban coached at Alabama for 17 seasons. Successor Kalen DeBoer has had the job for about six months, but knows there is no honeymoon period for a program with perennial national championship aspirations.”This program is special, and I take it as a great honor to be the one that gets to do everything we can to carry on the great tradition,” DeBoer said Wednesday at SEC media days in Dallas.”… It’s been just an awesome blessing to be a part of this program, to continue to have that expectation on us. The alternative is to be at places where there aren’t expectations.”Winners of six national championships and nine SEC titles under Saban, the Crimson Tide enter a new era under in Tuscaloosa under DeBoer, 49.He guided the Washington Huskies to a 14-1 record last season, falling to Michigan in the CFP national title game. His overall record is 104-12 including time at NAIA Sioux Falls (2005-09), Fresno State (2020-21) and Washington (2022-23).”I would not trade my journey for anything,” said DeBoer, who also spent time as the offensive coordinator at Southern Illinois, Eastern Michigan and Indiana. “It gives me an appreciation for where I’m at. It gives me an appreciation for the people I have around me.”DeBoer inherits a team that finished 12-2 after defeating Georgia in the SEC Championship game and losing to Michigan in the Rose Bowl.