Nick Saban continues to separate himself as the greatest coach in college football.
According to the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches (NCMFC), he was awarded the Willie Jeffries Trailblazer honor.
Congrats, Coach Saban!
Winner of this year’s @NCMFC1 Willie Jeffries Trailblazer Award. #RollTide pic.twitter.com/XpUM4Qzsg2
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) June 10, 2021
The NCMFC is an organization that prepares, promotes, and produces qualified minority coaches at every level of the game.
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As for the Willie Jeffries Award, the honor is given to the individual or group whose sustained work in football has advanced the ideals of the NCMFC. During his coaching tenure at Alabama, Saban has mentored some minority coaches into becoming head coaches for different schools.
He poured his wisdom into Bobby Williams, Burton Burns, Michael Locksley, Josh Gattis, Charles Huff, Mel Tucker, Derrick Ansley, Bo Davis, Karl Dunbar, and Charlie Strong.
Saban is currently tutoring names such as Holman Wiggins, Freddie Roach, Jay Valai, and Robert Gillespie. Locksley, Huff, and Tucker all went on to become head coaches.
Saban is not just for diversity, but he also about bettering each individual. This season, he will be in search of his eighth national championship.
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Stephen M. Smith is the managing editor and senior writer for Touchdown Alabama Magazine. You can “like” him on Facebook or “follow” him on Twitter, via @CoachingMSmith.
