Each year, all-conference teams are selected by coaches and media members involved in every conference of the FBS, providing the nation’s brightest stars with a chance to be recognized and remembered in the history books for generations to come.

But what about the best and brightest coaches in the nation? Aside from a few Coach of the Year awards and the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation’s best assistant coach, most brilliant coaching seasons go unrecognized.

Perhaps it’s just the nature of the job, but SDS felt there were a number of coaches throughout the SEC deserving of recognition. Some of these coaches are already award winners during their careers, but most aren’t. At least, not until now.

Without further ado, SDS debuts it’s All-SEC coaching staff, honoring the SEC’s best coach at every position on a standard coaching staff:

HEAD COACH — Nick Saban, Alabama: Was there ever a doubt who would be heading this super staff? Saban has won four national titles as a head coach in the SEC — three at Alabama since 2009 — and he’s won five SEC titles at ‘Bama and LSU since 2001 (with a two-year stint in the NFL in the middle). Saban runs off No. 1-rated recruiting classes like clockwork, and he’s only lost 11 total games in the last seven years combined. He might be more machine than man, something we’ve yet to confirm, but what we do know is Saban is on the short list of best coaches in all the land, and he is the list of best coaches in the SEC. The rest, even fellow title winners like Les Miles, must take a backseat.

OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR — Lane Kiffin, Alabama: Kiffin’s history as a head coach in the NFL and in college is checkered at best, and most (if not all) Tennessee fans will never forgive Kiffin for the way his one-year run as UT’s head man came to an end. Nevertheless, he remains one of the most brilliant offensive minds in the game today, and he reminded us all of that at Alabama last season. It’s easy to say Kiffin’s role was marginalized due to Alabama’s wealth of talent compared to its opponents, but that wouldn’t be fair. After all, Kiffin boasted a passing offense that ranked in the top-fourth of the nation and top five in the SEC with a first-time starting quarterback who spent part of his Alabama career playing defense. He allowed Amari Cooper to post more catches and touchdowns and only eight fewer yards as a junior in 2014 than he did in 2012-13 combined, despite the change at quarterback from two-time champion A.J. McCarron to former safety Blake Sims. Kiffin can coach offense, this we know. It’s why he earned his first head coaching job in the first place, and why he’s on the All-SEC staff.

DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR — Will Muschamp, Auburn: Muschamp worked most recently as the head coach at Florida, and he hasn’t worked as a coordinator in the SEC since he served at Auburn from 2006-07, but his defenses have been among the best in college football throughout his career. In four years at UF his defenses ranked in the top 15 in the nation in yards allowed per game all four years, and that streak actually extends back all the way to the 2009 season at Texas (Muschamp led top 10 defenses in the nation at Texas in 2009-10). He was the DC of LSU’s 2003 national title team and of its 2001 SEC title team, and he was one of the hottest coordinator names on the coaching carousel when Florida fired him after the season, which is why he was the easy choice as the DC on this staff.

QUARTERBACKS COACH — Jake Spavital, Texas A&M: Still two months shy of his 30th birthday, Spavital is one of the youngest hot coaching names in the college game today. He’s served as Texas A&M’s co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach the last two seasons under Kevin Sumlin, and the Aggies led the SEC in passing offense both seasons. It’s easy to attribute the offense’s success in 2013 to Heisman winner Johnny Manziel and top 10 NFL draft picks Mike Evans and Jake Matthews, but how would then explain the repeated success in 2014 without any of those three guys on the roster? Spavital coached two different first-time starting quarterbacks to run A&M’s spread offense, and he helped elevate them to the leaders of the most potent passing attack in the conference. Kenny Hill set a school record for passing in his debut game and was touted as a Heisman contender for a few weeks. Kyle Allen replaced him midseason yet still managed to finish with a 3-2 record despite entering in the throes of the SEC schedule. Spavital can relate to his players, the benefits of which can be found on the field when A&M has the ball.

TAILBACKS COACH/RECRUITING COORDINATOR — Frank Wilson, LSU: Wilson is an above-average running backs coach, with Leonard Fournette, Jeremy Hill and Stevan Ridley among the players he’s coached to great success on the field. But where Wilson makes his money is as a recruiting coordinator. No, literally, he was the highest paid recruiting coordinator in the nation last season and ranked 26th among all assistant coaches, mostly trailing offensive and defensive coordinators. Wilson is regarded as one of the premier recruiters in college football, and 247Sports listed him as the No. 4 recruiter in the country following the 2015 recruiting cycle. In five years at LSU he’s earned commitments from seven five-star prospects, an average of more than one per year just among the players he recruits himself, not the entire LSU staff. Recruiting lays the foundation for a program, which is why Wilson deserves recognition as both a position coach and recruiter.

WIDE RECEIVERS COACH — Tony Ball, LSU: Ball joined the LSU staff this season after nine seasons as the receivers coach at Georgia, where he coached up some of the SEC’s best wideouts during his tenure. He led A.J. Green to three-straight 50-catch, 800-yard seasons, and he eventually molded Green into a top 10 NFL Draft pick who is now one of the top wideouts in the pros. He coached Mohamed Massaquoi to four straight 30-catch seasons and sent him to the NFL as well. Tavarres King can thank Ball for his ticket to the NFL as well after leading Georgia in receiving two straight years and posting a career yards per catch average of more than 19. Now Chris Conley, whose workouts impressed a number of NFL scouts during the pre-draft process, stands to be Ball’s next NFL wideout and his last at UGA as he moves on to LSU. The Dawgs ranked in the top five in the SEC in passing for four straight years from 2010-13, thanks in large part to Ball’s coaching.

TIGHT ENDS COACH — John Lilly, Georgia: Lilly has been the tight ends coach at Georgia since 2008 following a 10-season stint as the tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator at Florida State under Bobby Bowden from 1998-2007. During his first seven seasons at Georgia, Lilly coached two different tight ends — Arthur Lynch and Orson Charles — to five combined seasons in which one of the two ranked in the top 50 in the SEC in receiving. Georgia’s primary tight end has been among the SEC’s top pass-catchers at the position throughout the Lilly era, and he played a large role in recruiting current Georgia tight end Jeb Blazevich, a former four-star recruit who debuted as a true freshman last season. (Lynch and Charles were both four-star prospects who Lilly wooed to Georgia as well.) The man can recruit and can coach the position. His tight ends are often more than capable as blockers as well, which has certainly played a role in Georgia’s potent rushing attacks through the years.

OFFENSIVE LINE COACH — Sam Pittman, Arkansas: Pittman has been an offensive line coach in the FBS since 1994, and he’s one of the most established line coaches in the nation. He’s been at Arkansas for three years, and the Hogs’ offense has ranked in the top five in the SEC in rushing the last two years while allowing the fewest sacks in the conference both years (Arkansas allowed the second-fewest sacks in Pittman’s first year in 2012). Prior to arriving in Fayetteville, he coached the offensive line at Tennessee in 2012, which allowed the fewest sacks in the conference that year, as well as at North Carolina, Northern Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Western Michigan, Oklahoma and Cincinnati. His longevity and affiliation with some of the nation’s best programs speaks for itself, but his numbers, even just in the last four years as a coach in the SEC, say a lot as well. Oh, and did we mention he’s a fantastic recruiter? He’s attracted 11 four-star offensive linemen to Fayetteville just during his stint as a coach at Arkansas, which only enhances his coaching come the fall.

DEFENSIVE LINE COACH — Craig Kuligowski, Missouri: Kuligowski has been one of the best assistant coaches at any position in the SEC since Missouri joined the conference prior to the 2012 season. Mizzou ranked in the top-half of the SEC in rushing defense each of the last two years, and led the SEC in sacks and tackles for loss as a team both years. When this year’s NFL Draft arrives in April, he’ll send two more defensive ends to the league in Shane Ray and Markus Golden, raising his total to four NFL defensive linemen the last two years alone. He’s coached each of the last two SEC Defensive Players of the Year in Michael Sam and Ray, and also coached current NFL stars and former first-round picks Sheldon Richardson and Aldon Smith. He’s been loyal to Gary Pinkel, serving as an assistant on Pinkel’s staff since 1991 when the two were at Toledo together. His position groups are often considered among the best in their conference, and his sustained excellence merits recognition.

LINEBACKERS COACH — Kirby Smart, Alabama: Smart is best known as Alabama’s defensive coordinator since 2008 and as a trendy head coaching candidate who has turned down numerous head coaching jobs through the years. But many forget Smart also coaches Alabama’s linebackers, and many of his former Alabama linebackers are littered on NFL rosters throughout the league. Alabama’s defenses have ranked in the top three in the SEC after each of Smart’s seven seasons (it ranked No. 1 for five straight years from 2009-13), but he’s been even better as UA’s linebackers coach. Among the former Smart linebackers to earn All-America honors are C.J. Mosley, Courtney Upshaw, Rolando McClain and Dont’a Hightower. That list speaks for itself.

DEFENSIVE BACKS COACH — Corey Raymond, LSU: LSU is also known as “DBU,” short for Defensive Back University for the frequency with which it attracts touted defensive back recruits and produces defensive backs into the NFL. Raymond has been the man behind DBU since the 2013 season, during which time LSU has ranked in the top five in the SEC in pass defense both years. It actually led the SEC in passing defense a year ago. Raymond arrived after the likes of Patrick Peterson and Tyrann Mathieu had departed, but has still coached plenty of dynamic defensive backs in his short time on the job, including projected first-round NFL Draft pick Jalen Collins, who starred at LSU a year ago with Raymond leading the way. He’s recruited three five-star defensive backs to LSU the last two years in Jamal Adams, Kevin Toliver and Saivion Smith, and although he did not begin the DBU tradition at LSU, he’s maintained it without a hitch, proving he’s among the best in the nation when it comes to coaching the secondary.

SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR — Bradley Dale Peveto, LSU: Special teams coordinators often go overlooked, but Peveto has been among the best of the bunch during his career, even though he’s maintained another position coach role on top of special teams duties for much of that time. In his first year at LSU a year ago, his unit led the SEC in kickoff return average and ranked in the top five in the conference in punting, punt returns and kickoff coverage. He also coached the special teams on LSU’s 2007 national title team, as well as at Stephen F. Austin, Southern Miss, Arkansas and Kentucky. He’s played a role in recruiting nine four-star talents to Baton Rouge, showing he can make an impact on the staff as more than just a special teams wiz.