That led to another question: Does the greatest coach have to be from the NFL? The NFL, after all, is the highest level of football.
What Saban has done is remarkable. Not only has he built a dynasty at Alabama, he won a national title at LSU in 2003 and left a roster that won another in 2007.
But is that better than what Bill Belichick has done at New England? Belichick has won five Super Bowls in a 14-year span. Brilliant stuff.
But Belichick won them all with future Hall of Famer Tom Brady at quarterback.