PASADENA, Calif. -- About the only thing Nick Saban has had more of than national championships at Alabama is offensive coordinators.
As Saban stares down what could be his seventh national title with the Crimson Tide, he does so with his seventh offensive coordinator in the past 11 years and his ninth overall. Remarkably, Saban has won national titles with five different offensive coordinators.
Enter the new kid on the block, 31-year-old ex-Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees, whose hiring in February might have raised a few eyebrows because of his age and lack of ties to Saban and the SEC.