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Alabama's Nick Saban, fresh off his second national championship, has been named the winner of the inaugural Bobby Bowden National Collegiate Coach of the Year Award.
Bowden, who retired last season, will present the award to Saban on March 21 at a ceremony sponsored by the cooperative efforts of the Over the Mountain Touchdown Club of Birmingham and the Alabama Sports Foundation. The award will be given annually to honor excellence in college football coaching.
"Obviously, we are extremely excited about honoring coach Bobby Bowden. Not only has he demonstrated that he is one of the top coaches to ever coach the game, but he's done it with unmatched integrity. And that deserves recognition," said Mark Morrison, president of Over the Mountain Touchdown Club. "With coach Saban coming off a perfect season and a BCS championship, it is the perfect opportunity to bring together these two coaching icons for a great evening in Bowden's honor."
This is the second straight year that Saban has won a national coach of the year award. In 2008, he was named the Home Depot Coach of the Year at the ESPN Awards Show in Orlando and also picked up the Eddie Robinson/FWAA coaching honor among others.
Overall, Saban has now won three national coach of the year awards. In 2003 as the coach at LSU, he won both the Paul W. "Bear"*Bryant National Coach of the Year award and the Eddie Robinson award. Saban led the Tigers to the 2003 BCS national championship.
Saban is the only coach in the modern era to have won two national titles at two different schools.
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Bowden, who retired last season, will present the award to Saban on March 21 at a ceremony sponsored by the cooperative efforts of the Over the Mountain Touchdown Club of Birmingham and the Alabama Sports Foundation. The award will be given annually to honor excellence in college football coaching.
"Obviously, we are extremely excited about honoring coach Bobby Bowden. Not only has he demonstrated that he is one of the top coaches to ever coach the game, but he's done it with unmatched integrity. And that deserves recognition," said Mark Morrison, president of Over the Mountain Touchdown Club. "With coach Saban coming off a perfect season and a BCS championship, it is the perfect opportunity to bring together these two coaching icons for a great evening in Bowden's honor."
This is the second straight year that Saban has won a national coach of the year award. In 2008, he was named the Home Depot Coach of the Year at the ESPN Awards Show in Orlando and also picked up the Eddie Robinson/FWAA coaching honor among others.
Overall, Saban has now won three national coach of the year awards. In 2003 as the coach at LSU, he won both the Paul W. "Bear"*Bryant National Coach of the Year award and the Eddie Robinson award. Saban led the Tigers to the 2003 BCS national championship.
Saban is the only coach in the modern era to have won two national titles at two different schools.
Read More Here...
