With a career as a head coach that spans across three decades, four different schools and even a short-lived stint as an NFL head coach, it’s hard to overstate the mark Nick Saban has made on the college football landscape.
His run as college football’s most dominant figure has led to new innovations in recruiting, strength and conditioning and even rule changes.
Saban’s impact on the sport can perhaps best be displayed through the astounding and ever-growing list of head coaches throughout the sport who, at some point in their careers, worked with or for him. It’s a list so sweeping that it can be hard to forget which coaches are former Saban assistants. And he’s only lost to a couple of them (so far).
We’ve compiled a list of every Nick Saban assistant who later went on to be a head coach at the college or pro level. Behold, the Nick Saban Coaching Tree: