Nick Saban shares 2 mentors he calls his biggest coaching influences
By Keith Farner
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Nick Saban is believed to be arguably the best college football coach of all time, that’s only recently been the case. Early in his career, he had 2 major influences to steer him into coaching, and polish his skills.
During a segment with Eli Manning on Manning’s new ESPN+ show, “Eli’s Places,” Saban shares that former Kent State coach Don James and Bill Belichick had the greatest impact on his career.
Saban even said James talked him into becoming a coach, while Belichick shaped his career over 4 years in Cleveland.
“That was like going from junior high, to graduate school,” Saban said.
Nick Saban on the two coaches that had the greatest impact on him: His college coach Don James at Kent State and Bill Belichick.
Saban on Belichick: “That was like going from junior high to graduate school” pic.twitter.com/RPtuaV9D5v
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A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
