He is very tough at times, but Nick Saban truly cares about his players.
Many of the young men who played for him at the University of Alabama grew to be conference champions, national championships, and role model athletes in the National Football League. His guidance at the collegiate level also molded strong father figures, sons, uncles and valued people of society. Saban wants more than his players being complete athletes; he desires for them to be great people too. Brandon “Ale” Kaho, a junior at inside linebacker, sees this from his head coach.
After turning Alabama’s 2018 signing class into a top-five group nationally, he made headlines as a weapon on special teams.