Facts: - sport: football - player team: kent state - caption: saban at an alabama practice in 2009 - current record: 86 -- 17 - coach team: kent asst. -rrb- syracuse -lrb- d. asst. -rrb- west virginia -lrb- state d. asst. -rrb- ohio state -lrb- db -rrb- navy -lrb- -lrb- d. asst. -rrb- michigan state -lrb- db/dc -rrb- houston oilers ga -lrb- db -rrb- toledo cleveland browns -lrb- dc -rrb- michigan -rrb- state lsu miami dolphins alabama kent state -lrb- d. - current conference: sec - player years: 1970 -- 1971 - coach years: 1972 1979 1980 -- 1981 1982 1983 -- 1987 1988 -- -- 1989 1990 1991 -- 1994 1995 -- 1999 2000 -- 1974 2004 2005 -- 2006 2007 -- present 1975 -- 1976 1977 1978 -- - current team: alabama - current title: head coach - birth date: 31 october 1951 - player positions: defensive back - name: nick saban - overall record: 177 dodd coach of the year award -lrb- 2014 -rrb- 3 -- sec coach of the year -lrb- 2003 , 2008 59 -- 2009 -rrb- -- 1 -lrb- college -rrb- bobby - image: nick saban 09 practice.jpg - birth place: fairmont , west virginia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of nick saban .
nicholas lou '' nick '' saban , jr. -lrb- ; born october 31 , 1951 -rrb- is an american college football coach , and the current head football coach of the university of alabama , a position he has held since the 2007 season .saban previously served as head coach of the national football league 's miami dolphins and three other universities : louisiana state university , michigan state university , and the university of toledo .his eight-year contract totaling us$ 32 million made him one of the highest paid football coaches , professional or collegiate , in the united states at the time .he appeared on the september 1 , 2008 , cover of '' forbes magazine '' as '' the most powerful coach in sports '' .saban 's career record as a college head coach is 177 -- 59 -- 1 . -rsb-saban led the lsu tigers to the bcs national championship in 2003 and the alabama crimson tide to bcs and ap national championships in the 2009 , 2011 and 2012 seasons , making him the first coach in college football history to win a national championship with two different football bowl subdivision -lrb- fbs -rrb- schools since the inception of the ap poll in 1936 .saban and bear bryant are the only coaches to win an sec championship at two different schools .in may 2013 , he was inducted into the alabama sports hall of fame .