Nick Saban can now add another accolade to his ever-expanding list of accomplishments.
Fortune Magazine recently named the Alabama coach among the world’s greatest leaders. The magazine listed Saban as No. 12 on the list of 50 greatest leaders in the world for 2018. The only other sports-related leader on the list was tennis player Serena Williams at No. 15.
Here is what Fortune had to say about Saban:
Late on a Monday night in early January, the University of Alabama’s quarterback, 19-year-old true freshman Tua Tagovailoa, threw a game-winning, 41-yard laser beam of a touchdown pass to give the Crimson Tide a 26–23 victory in the College Football Playoff. The win gave Alabama head coach Nick Saban his fifth national title in nine years at Alabama. Add an earlier one he won at LSU in 2003, and his six rings match Alabama legend Paul “Bear” Bryant for the most football championships by a college coach in the so-called poll era, dating back to 1936. Now that he’s succeeded to a historic degree, Saban is grappling with the sports version of what business guru Clayton Christensen famously dubbed the “Innovator’s Dilemma”—the fact that success today makes it hard to keep the edge you need to win in the future. But if the last few years are any indication, the grappling is going pretty well.
The Alabama football Twitter account also shared the news of Saban’s selection:
.@FortuneMagazine has chosen Coach Saban as one of the world's 50 greatest leaders. #RollTide #OutworkYesterday pic.twitter.com/RDHnndWHUG
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) April 19, 2018
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
