Nick Saban is the greatest college football coach of all time. He dominated the best conference at its absolute apex. Had a team ranked number one in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. We will never see this happen again
If you told me 17-18 years ago that a coach would even come close to equaling, let alone surpassing Bear Bryant I probably would told you to GTHO….
Nick Saban is now the standard. And good luck matching that.
Congrats on a stunning career.
Nick Saban had an INSANE resume at Alabama:
• 6x national champion
• 9x SEC champion
• 206-29 career record in 17 seasons
But financially, it's even crazier.
The "Flutie Effect" is when athletic accomplishments increase exposure and, eventually, enrollment.
And no one did it bigger than Saban.
Since Nick Saban arrived in 2007, Alabama's enrollment has increased from 25,000 students to 40,000 students.
That's a 60% jump compared to a 10% national average.
But the *type* of student matters much more.
Alabama went from the majority of its student body consisting of in-state students to the majority now being from out-of-state.
This is important because those students pay 3x more in annual tuition — $32,000 vs. $11,000 — and it means Alabama increased its annual revenue by hundreds of millions under Nick Saban.
Alabama paid him $130 million over 16 seasons, but you could argue he was worth more than $1 billion.
“Nick Saban is the best investment this university has ever made," said Alabama Chancellor Robert Witt.
Each day for the next week I'm going to call on well-known female athletes to take a stance on this issue because silence is complicity...we need their voices.
Day 1: @serenawilliams@Venuseswilliams how do you feel about males competing against women?
@RekaGyorgy_ When the starting buzzer goes off, all of the women should turn around with their backs to the pool. All hell will break loose. It'll be a great day.
Sparks fly as The View panel confronts Whoopi after she says "the Holocaust isn't about race. No. It's not about race."
"Well, the considered Jews a different race," Joy Behar says.
"But it's about white supremacy. It's about going after Jews and Gypsies," Ana Navarro adds.
Brian Robinson: "I wanna lay it all on the line for my team, for my school. With this being the last time suiting up for #Alabama, I just wanna leave no doubt that this university is truly in my heart and I love it. I'll do anything to just see us come out on top one last time."