<P> In 2013, Saban was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame . Saban has been considered by many as the greatest coach in college football history . He is tied with Bryant for most major college football national championships for a coach in the modern era . </P> <P> Saban was born in Fairmont, West Virginia, to Mary and Nick Lou Saban Sr. He grew up and graduated from Monongah High School in the small community of Monongah, West Virginia, about 90 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . On December 18, 1971, he married Terry Constable, who was also from West Virginia . In 1973, Saban graduated from Kent State University with a bachelor's degree in business . In 1975, he earned his master's degree in sports administration from Kent State . </P> <P> Saban played defensive back for Kent State under coach Don James . He and a roommate avoided being part of the Kent State shootings when they decided to eat lunch before walking to the rally area . </P> <P> Saban had not intended to enter the coaching ranks until Don James hired him as a graduate assistant at Kent State, while Saban waited for his wife to graduate . He later served as an assistant coach in NCAA Division I-A, at several schools: Syracuse in 1977, West Virginia in 1978 and 1979, Ohio State in 1980 and 1981, Navy in 1982, and Michigan State from 1983 to 1987 . </P>

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