... Saban's coaching roots can be traced back to Paul Bear Bryant and beyond.

In fact Saban's coaching tree can be traced all the way back through some of Alabama's greatest football icons to Notre Dame's most famous coaching legend, Knute Rockne.

How so? Let me lead you back through time, and it will become clear that everything I say is a fact.

Saban's coaching career began in 1972 as a graduate assistant at Kent State at the age of 22. He was an assistant coach and held many titles from that time until 1991 when he became the Defensive Coordinator for three time Superbowl winner Bill Belichick at Cleveland....

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