Overview
- Kapilovic exits after two seasons on Kalen DeBoer’s staff, with 2025 production slipping to 104.1 rushing yards per game, 3.35 yards per carry, 32 sacks allowed, and an SEC-high 183 pressures per Pro Football Focus.
- AL.com reports he is the first Alabama assistant to leave this offseason without another job lined up, following earlier moves by JaMarcus Shephard and Nick Sheridan to new roles elsewhere.
- The offensive line room faces major turnover, with starters Kadyn Proctor and Parker Brailsford entering the NFL draft, others exhausting eligibility, and Wilkin Formby transferring, leaving Michael Carroll as the lone returning starter.
- Alabama has moved to restock up front with transfers Kaden Strayhorn, Ty Haywood, Racin Delgatty, Nick Brooks, Ethan Fields, and Jayvin James, plus five 2026 signees including Bryson Cooley and Chris Booker.
- The search for a new line coach is underway, with reported targets and speculation including Rams assistant Scott Huff and former Arkansas coach Sam Pittman, and with On3 reporting USC analyst Adrian Klemm as an emerging candidate; no hire has been announced.