Kalen DeBoer has coached in rivalry games before, but he’s never coached in the Iron Bowl. The first-year Alabama football coach is about to get a real taste of what this game means to the state. It won’t be his first experience seeing how important football is to Alabamians;

Only one coach on the Alabama sideline this Saturday has the experience of actually playing in an Iron Bowl. Crimson Tide defensive line coach Freddie Roach played at Alabama from 2002-2005 and was on the losing end of all four rivalry games with Auburn.