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Alabama Football: Nick Saban has elevated SEC football, benefitting the entire league, while also scorching other coaches and programs.
Alabama Football and every other SEC program has benefitted from having Nick Saban in the SEC. The benefits have come in reputation building, recruiting reach and financial windfalls. Other programs also grow the pie for the conference, but Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide have been the cash cows.
Throughout the SEC and much of college football, the escalation of coaching salaries, including assistants, goes back to Nick Saban. Four SEC Coordinators made $2.