Nick Saban College coach

Nicholas Lou "Nick" Saban, Jr. (/seɪbən/; born October 31, 1951) is an American college football coach, and the current head football coach of the University of Alabama, a position he has held since the 2007 season. Saban previously served as head coach of the National Football League's Miami Dolphins and three other universities: Louisiana State University, Michigan State University, and the University of Toledo. His eight-year contract totaling US$32 million made him one of the highest paid football coaches, professional or college, in the United States at the time. He appeared on the September 1, 2008, cover of Forbes magazine as "The Most Powerful Coach in Sports". Saban's career record as a college head coach is 177–59–1.Saban led the LSU Tigers to the BCS National Championship in 2003 and the Alabama Crimson Tide to BCS and AP national championships in the 2009, 2011 and 2012 seasons, making him the first coach in college football history to win a national championship with two different Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools since the inception of the AP Poll in 1936. Saban and Bear Bryant are the only coaches to win an SEC championship at two different schools. In May 2013, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

Personal facts

Nick Saban
Alias (AKA)Saban Nicholas Lou; Saban Nicholas L.
Birth dateOctober 31, 1951
Birth place
West Virginia Mountaineers football , Fairmont West Virginia

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Cleveland Browns
Miami Dolphins
Tennessee Titans
Toledo Rockets football
LSU Tigers football
Ohio State Buckeyes football
Michigan State Spartans football
West Virginia Mountaineers football
Navy Midshipmen football
Alabama Crimson Tide football
Defensive coordinator
Syracuse Orange football
Kent State Golden Flashes football
currentrecord74–15[[#notea
overall record165–57–1 (college)[[#notea

Nick Saban on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.coachsaban.net
  2. http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/saban_nick00.html