Saban: The Making of a Coach

Instant New York Times Bestseller Insidery detailed and absorbing. Come for the chapter titled Why Cant He Be Happy and stay for the one called Miami Vice. Sports Illustrated A defining biography of Nick Saban the influential and polarizing University of Alabama football coach who not only transformed the college game but might also be the best ever at winning. As the head coach of the University of Alabamas football team Nick Saban is perhaps the most enigmatic man in the sport. Unpredictable in his professional loyalties uncompromising in his vision and unyielding in his pursuit of perfection the highest-paid coach in college football has changed the face of the game. His program-building skills have delivered packed stadiums rabid fans hundreds of millions of dollars legions of detractors countless NFL draft picks and a total of four national championships including three in the last six years. Monte Burkes Sabanthe first major biography of the man who has come to epitomize the gamepresents this towering figure with a never-before-seen human depth. Though a great deal is known about Saban the coach not much is known about Saban the man. Little has been written about his early climb through the coaching ranks as an assistant in college and in the NFL or his head-coaching stints at Michigan State and Louisiana State and his struggles as a pro coach with the Miami Dolphins. Through unprecedented interviews with more than 250 friends coworkers rivals former players and others Burke reveals the defining moments of the coachs life. Saban paints a portrait of a complex and compelling man fundamentally shaped by both his past and the game he loves in a way that no previous book has.