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By Tyler Erzberger
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The Alabama Crimson Tide aren't used to losing games or coaches, but things are changing in college football.
A week out from their biggest game of the year against the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman in the first round of the College Football Playoff, a member of the Alabama staff is already set to join a new team once the calendar flips to 2026.
Per Ryan Clarke of The Oregonian, Kirk Barron, the assistant offensive line coach with the Crimson Tide, will be moving west in the next few months as he prepares to join the Oregon State Beavers in the Pac-12, as that conference begins to revive itself after being dormant since its implosion.
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The move to pick up a staffer of a strong Alabama team is crucial for Oregon State, who were one of the worst teams in the nation this season. After showing promise in previous years, the Beavers cratered in Corvallis, finishing the year with a 2-10 record.
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For Barron, it will be a promotion to leading the offensive line for the Beavers after being an assistant and offensive analyst at Alabama. Before coaching, he was an offensive lineman for the Purdue Boilermakers, starting all 12 games for the university during the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
This news breaks as head coach Kalen DeBeor is in the midst of his own coaching rumors, with him becoming the favorite to replace the dispatched Sherrone Moore at Michigan.
First, though, DeBeor and Barron will be traveling to Oklahoma next weekend to play the Sooners in a win-or-go-home matchup with the College Football Playoff championship in the distance.
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