Ryan Grubb won't be Huskies coach, expected to join Tide - ESPN

Washington offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb will not be the Huskies' next coach, he announced on social media Saturday night.

Grubb, sources told ESPN's Chris Low, is expected to join former Huskies coach Kalen DeBoer at Alabama as the new offensive coordinator.

«Though I wanted to be, I will not be the next head coach at the University of Washington,» Grubb said. «With tears in my eyes, I know my last day in Husky Stadium has come.»

Grubb orchestrated the Huskies' top-ranked offense the last two seasons and has been coaching alongside DeBoer since their early days at the University of Sioux Falls. Grubb was the Cougars' offensive line coach from 2007-2009, under DeBoer, and the school's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2010-2013.

The two reunited in 2014 at Eastern Michigan — Grubb as offensive line coach and DeBoer as offensive coordinator — and at Fresno State during the 2017-18 season and the 2020-21 season.

When DeBoer took the top job at Washington in 2022, following a one-year head-coaching stint with the Bulldogs, Grubb was his choice to be the team's offensive coordinator and assistant head coach. Any doubt that Grubb was once again going to follow DeBoer to Alabama was only clouded by the possibility that Grubb could be retained to lead the Huskies into the Big Ten. That's longer the case.

On Saturday, DeBoer, who has a 104-12 record, was formally introduced as the Crimson Tide's new coach and said he understood that his experience in the SEC was limited and that «there needs to be some SEC ties (on staff) that can bridge the gap.»

No assistant hires have yet been made for DeBoer's while Alabama's cornerbacks coach Travaris Robinson was hired by Georgia this week to be the Bulldogs co-defensive