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    Saban: The Making of a Coach
    Saban: The Making of a Coach
    Saban: The Making of a Coach
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    Saban: The Making of a Coach

    Written by Monte Burke

    Narrated by Barry Abrams

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    As the head coach of the University of Alabama's football team, Nick Saban is perhaps the most influential-and controversial-man in the sport. Unpredictable in his professional loyalties, uncompromising in his vision, and unyielding in his pursuit of perfection, the highest-paid coach in college football has changed the face of the game. His program-building vision has delivered packed stadiums, rabid fans, legions of detractors, countless NFL draft picks, and a total of four national championships, including three in the last five years.
    Though a great deal is known about Nick Saban the coach, not much is known about Nick Saban the man. Through unprecedented interviews with more than 250 friends, coworkers, rivals, former players, and others, Monte Burke reveals the defining moments of the coach's life. He discusses Saban's rapid and at times rocky ascent up the assistant coaching ranks; his complicated relationship with one of his coaching mentors, Bill Belichick; the birth of his now-famous "Process;" his dramatic and controversial departures from three different high-profile football teams; and much more.
    Saban paints a portrait of a complex and compelling man, fundamentally shaped by both his past and the game he loves, in a way that no previous book has.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateAug 4, 2015
    ISBN9781494586119
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    Monte Burke

    Monte Burke is a staff writer at Forbes magazine and has also written for The New York Times, Outside, Men’s Journal, Town & Country, and Garden & Gun, among many other publications. He is the author of the books Saban: The Making of a Coach, 4th and Goal, and Sowbelly, and is a recipient of Barnes & Noble’s “Discover Great New Writers” award. He grew up in New Hampshire, Vermont, North Carolina, and Alabama and now lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three daughters.

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    • 4/5
      A good book. As with all commentary on someone like Saban, it seems incomplete until his career is done. As such, it feels like it ends abruptly. I enjoyed the content of the book more than the reading of it. The audio book reader's accents were unnecessary, overly exaggerated, and distracting.

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    • 5/5
      Great Book on one of the GREATEST ever to do it in my lifetime. Awesome read!
    • 5/5
      Nick Saban is college football's most enigmatic coach. His childhood taught him lessons that he still applies today, and he involves his wife, Terry, in all of his decision making. In this book, Monte Burke details every aspect of Saban's life to give a clear portrait of college football's most puzzling figure.