Biography nick saban

• 1973-74: Kent State – Graduate Assistant
• 1975-76: Kent State – Linebackers coach
• 1977: Syracuse – Outside linebackers coach
• 1978-79: West Virginia – Defensive backs coach
• 1980-81: Ohio State – Defensive backs coach
• 1982: Navy – Defensive backs coach
• 1983-87: Michigan State – Defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach
• 1988-89: Houston Oilers (NFL) – Defensive backs coach
• 1990: Toledo – Head coach
• 1991-94: Cleveland Browns (NFL) – Defensive coordinator
• 1995-99: Michigan State – Head coach
• 2000-04: LSU – Head coach
• 2005-06: Miami Dolphins (NFL) – Head coach
• 2007-present: Alabama – Head coach

Nick Saban Coaching History

Nick Saban was introduced as the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide on Jan. 4, 2007, and college football was forever changed. Saban is widely considered to be the sport’s GOAT for his accomplishments at Alabama and LSU. Under Saban, Alabama became the program that everyone wanted to be and wanted to beat.

Saban’s tenure at Alabama is highlighted by national championships won in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2020. He also guided LSU to a national title in 2003. Saban is a 10-time SEC champion, winning 2 conference titles at LSU and 8 at Alabama. His official record as a college football head coach is 280-69-1.

Saban is a 5-time SEC Coach of the Year (2003, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2020). He has also picked up numerous national Coach of the Year awards as a college football head coach.

Saban’s first Alabama team went 7-6 on the field, with 5 wins later vacated. Saban’s Tide got the attention of the college football world in 2008 with a 12-0 regular season and a trip to the SEC C

The following biographical sketch was compiled at the time of induction into the Academy in 2014.

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Nick Saban, was born October 31, 1951 in Fairmont, West Virginia and is a 1973 graduate of Kent State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business. He later earned a master’s degree in sports administration from Kent State in 1975. In the ensuing years, Saban became one of America’s most renown football coach.

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Following several years of speciality coaching positions on the collegiate and professional level, Saban’s first head coaching position came at the University of Toledo in 1990. He became head coach at Michigan State in 1995 following a four year stint with the NFL’s Cleveland Browns as their defensive coordinator. In 2000, Saban was named head coach at Louisiana State University. After leading the LSU football for five seasons, including the 2003 national championship team, Saban assumed the duties as head football coach of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins in 2005 for two seasons before being named the head coach for the University of Alabama in 2007.

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After the 2013 BCS National Championship Game, Saban joined Frank Leahy, Paul “Bear” Bryant and John McKay as the only coaches to win four national titles in the modern era. Saban’s uncompromising dedication to excellence in every phase of the program has resulted in the school’s 13th, 14th and 15th national championships and the foundation has been set to yield long-term success for the Crimson Tide. A five-time National Coach of the Year, Saban has achieved resounding success as a head coach and has earned a reputation as an outstanding tactician, leader, organizer and motivator.

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In addition to his success on the football field, Saban is also a successful author and philanthropists. Saban co-authored Tiger Turnaround in 2001, documenting his first two years as head coach at LSU. He then co-authored How Good Do You

American football coach (born 1951)

Not to be confused with Nick Sagan.

Nicholas Lou Saban Jr. (SAY-bən; born October 31, 1951) is an American sportscaster and former professional and college football coach. He serves as an analyst for ESPN's College GameDay, a television program covering college football. He is widely consider

Nicholas Lou Saban Jr. (; born October 31, 1951) is a former American football coach. He was the head football coach at the University of Alabama from 2007 to 2023. Before that, Saban was head coach of the National Football League's Miami Dolphins, Louisiana State University (LSU), Michigan State University, and the University of Toledo. Saban is known to be the greatest coach in college football history.

In 2024, Saban was added to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.After leaving his position at Alabama to coach at Auburn on January 11th. He is now a analyst for Auburn Tigers

On January 10, 2024, Saban announced that he was retiring from coaching.

Early life and education

Saban was born in Fairmont, West Virginia. He graduated from Monongah High School in the small community of Monongah, West Virginia. Saban is of Croatian ancestry.

In 1908, when he was 13 years old, Stanko settled in Portland, Oregon, in 1908. He later married Anna Mihalic, of Croatian-American heritage.

In 1975, Saban received his master's degree for sports administration from Kent State.

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