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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- University of Alabama president Stuart Bell marked a "new chapter in the Crimson Tide football program" Saturday by introducing its 28th head coach: Kalen DeBoer, the Associated Press Coach of the Year who this past season led Washington to a berth in the College Football Playoff National Championship game.
But Bell first had to acknowledge the outgoing coach, Nick Saban, who won the AP award twice -- to go along with six national championships during his 17 seasons at Alabama.
"Your legacy will forever be interwoven with the fabric of the University," Bell said of Saban, arguably the greatest college football coach of all time with seven national titles (including one with LSU) and a record of 307-88-1.