PHOTO: Alabama HC Kalen DeBoer's daughter Alexis DeBoer enjoys her time at Washington softball camp

Former Washington Huskies head coach Kalen DeBoer not only took over the unenviable role of being retired coach Nick Saban's successor when he accepted the Alabama Crimson Tide job in January, but his family also became the first family of Tuscaloosa after 17 years of the Sabans.

He has two daughters, Alexis and Avery, with his wife Nicole DeBoer. Their first daughter Alexis earned first-team All-State last year and committed to the Washington Huskies Softball Team last year as the No. 11 ranked prospect in the country (as per Extra Innings Softball).

Her sister Avery is still in sixth grade and moved with their parents to Tuscaloosa.

Recently, Alexis posted a picture of herself on her Instagram stories in softball training in Washington having fun with her teammates. She captioned it:

"UW CAMP DAY 1!!" She wrote.

Alexis DeBoer's IG stories

During an in-house interview after joining Alabama, Kalen DeBoer revealed that both Alexis and Avery enjoy football.

“They love football,” DeBoer said. “They love supporting the team, the players. Again, I couldn’t do this without their support.”

Kalen DeBoer details the importance of family in taking Alabama job

When Alabama coach Nick Saban abruptly made the decision to retire in January, the Crimson Tide's athletic director, Greg Byrne, promised the student-athletes that he would appoint a competent coach in 3 days to avoid a mass exodus via the transfer portal.

In 48 hours, Byrne had convinced Kalen DeBoer to leave the Washington Huskies for the lucrative job as Saban's successor.

Appearing on the "Ryen Russillo" podcast, DeBoer revealed that he would not have taken the Alabama job without the support of his wife and two daughters.

“The biggest thing for me is always family,” DeBoer said. “My wife has been through it all. When I got my first job at Sioux Falls, that was right about the time where we got married. My kids, I got two daughters. One’s a senior in high school and the other is a middle schooler.

“It’s just making sure that they’re all good with this. As long as they’re happy, that makes it to where I can go to work every day and pour into the program that I’m going to run. They were full support. To me, that was the biggest thing.”

It wasn't easy for Kalen DeBoer when he arrived in Tuscaloosa, as he had to convince players not to enter the transfer portal and trust his project. With everything settled now, he has his family to thank for all the support they gave to him.