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Kane Wommack

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Kane Wommack (pronounced WAH-mick), a respected head coach and defensive coordinator, was hired by Kalen DeBoer to coordinate Alabama's defense.

Alabama's defense grew each week as the season wore on in 2024, eventually finishing at No. 10 nationally in scoring at 17.4 points per game, the lowest total by a UA defense since 2017
Opponents averaged just .255 points per play, the sixth-lowest mark nationally, and only 4.7 yards per play to tie for eighth in Division I
A key to Alabama's success was 28 turnovers, tied for fifth nationally, including 11 fumbles and 17 interceptions
The Crimson Tide was one of just six teams to force at least 28 turnovers in 2024, with 20 of those takeaways coming across the final eight games of the season.
Wommack's '24 group included a pair of All-Americans along with four All-SEC selections
Alabama's defense was highlighted by Jihaad Campbell, who earned all-conference and All-America accolades
Campbell led UA with 117 tackles, good for fifth in the SEC and eighth in UA single-season history, while adding a team-high 11.5 tackles for loss
Two-time team captain Malachi Moore led the secondary unit, garnering all-conference and All-America honors at season's end
Moore recorded 70 tackles, including three for loss and one sack, to go with two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and a pair of interceptions for a combined 72 return yards

Spent three seasons as the head coach at South Alabama
Was the third head coach at USA since the program's inception and ranked as the youngest NCAA head coach at the FBS level at only 34 years old when he was hired
The Jaguars posted a 22-17 record and qualified for back-to-back bowl games in 2022 and 2023
USA went 7-6 in 2023, winning the first bowl game in program history with a victory over Eastern Michigan in the Ventures 68 Bowl
The 7-6 record in '23, combined with a 10-3 finish in 2022, marked the first time in program history that South Alabama put together back-to-back winning seasons as a full FBS participant
In 2022, the Jags went 10-3 and finished second in the Sun Belt Conference West Division
The 10 wins were the most of any South Alabama team during FBS play and tied the school record for wins in a season dating back to the inception of the program
South had 14 players selected to all-conference teams at the end of the year with La'Damian Webb and Yam Banks earning first-team honors in addition to Banks' All-America recognition
In his first season at the helm, the Jags finished 5-7, dropping four games by one score or less
USA had eight all-conference selections including Jalen Tolbert, who earned Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors before being selected in the third round of the NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys

Served as the linebackers coach for Indiana from 2018-20 while also holding the title of defensive coordinator for his final two seasons
Was one of five finalists for the Broyles Award in the fall of 2020 after helping IU post a 6-2 mark and a No. 12 ranking in the final Associated Press poll
Indiana led the Big Ten with 17 interceptions and a 64 percent red zone defensive rate - ranking first in the country in the latter category and second in the former category - in 2020
The Hoosiers paced the league with 20 takeaways and 3.12 sacks per contest during the '20 campaign
IU also finished 10th nationally in turnover margin (1.00) and among the top-25 in scoring (20.2 ppg) and passing efficiency (120.96) in Wommack's final season in Bloomington
Following the '20 season, seven members of the IU defense earned all-Big Ten honors including a school-record four - Jamar Johnson, Jerome Johnson, Micah McFadden and Tiawan Mullen - first-team selections
Mullen also became the first cornerback in program history to earn first team All-America honors at the end of 2020
In his first year as the youngest Power 5 defensive coordinator, Wommack led IU to top-50 rankings nationally in scoring along with total, rush and pass defense for the first time since 1993
The Hoosiers held four opponents to three points or less in 2019, the most in one season since 1945

Served as the Jaguars' defensive coordinator and linebackers coach during the 2016 and 2017 campaigns
Led a unit that was among the top-10 in the country in passing defense (174.6 ypg) while allowing 10-plus points fewer than the previous season - the fifth-best improvement in the NCAA FBS that fall
In 2017, South was in the top-15 nationally in both red zone defense and fumble recoveries as the Jags recorded 20 takeaways both seasons

Spent the 2014-15 seasons as defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Eastern Illinois
Helped the Panthers make a first-round appearance in the 2015 NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoffs
EIU also finished in the top-25 of the final national poll in Wommack's last season
Eastern Illinois' defense ranked second nationally in interceptions (19), third in takeaways (31), fourth in pass efficiency defense (103.0), eighth in red zone defense (67.3%) and 10th in tackles for loss (98) in '15

Served as a graduate assistant at Ole Miss from 2012-13
Worked the 2011 season as the defensive line coach for Jacksonville State
Spent the 2010 season at Tennessee-Martin where he was the quarterbacks coach
Got his first start in coaching as a volunteer assistant at Southern Miss in 2009

Graduated from Southern Miss in 2009 with a degree in political science
Played a key role in USM making three straight bowl appearances from 2007-09
Spent his first two collegiate seasons at Arkansas, where he was a fullback in 2005 and 2006
Helped the Razorbacks win the Southeastern Conference West Division title his second year

Native of Branson, Mo.
Married to Melissa
Has three sons, Asher, Tatum and Jones
Father, Dave, accumulated more than 35 years of experience coaching at the collegiate level, including serving as defensive coordinator at Ole Miss before retiring following the 2016 season
In addition to his on-field coaching duties, Wommack is also a member of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Board of Trustees