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.
The NCMFC is an organization that prepares, promotes, and produces qualified minority coaches at every level of the game.
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.