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Nicholas Lou "Nick" Saban (born October 31, 1951) is the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide (Alabama Crimson Tide Football) college football team. Saban has previously served as head coach of the National Football Leagues Miami Dolphins and three other NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) universities: LSU (LSU Tigers football), Michigan State (Michigan State Spartans football) and Toledo (Toledo Rockets). His eight-year contract for a total of $ (United States dollar)32 million made him one of the highest paid college football coaches 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". Sabans career record as a collegiate head coach is 124-50-1. #noteaa
Saban led LSU to the 2003 BCS national championship, and Alabama to the 2009 BCS and AP national championship, making him the only coach in the poll era to win a national championship with two different schools. Saban and Paul "Bear" Bryant (Bear Bryant) are the only coaches to win an SEC championship at two different schools.
Date of birth: 1951-10-31
Birth Location: Fairmont, West Virginia
Sport: Football (American football)
Conference: Southeastern (Southeastern Conference)
Title: Head coach
Currentrecord: 33-8
Bowlrecord: 5-6
Championships: 2 National Championship (NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship) (2003, 2009) , 3 SEC Championships (List_of_SEC_conference_champions#Football) (2001, 2003, 2009) ,5 SEC Western Division Titles (List_of_SEC_conference_champions#Divisional_champions) (2001-2003, 2008-2009)
Awards: 2� AP Coach of the Year (2003, 2008), 2003 Paul "Bear" Bryant Award , 2� Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (2003, 2008), 2008 Home Depot Coach of the Year Award , 2008 Walter Camp Coach of the Year,2008 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award , 3� SEC Coach of the Year (Southeastern Conference football individual awards#Coach of the Year) (2003, 2008-2009) , 2009 AFCA (American Football Coaches Association) Region II Coach of the Year , 2010 Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award
Cfbdwid: 2055
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Position: Defensive back
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