Did you know Nick Saban once recruited Mark Stoops? Me neither. At today’s press conference, Mark Stoops told the story of how a young Nick Saban recruited Stoops to Michigan State when he was a defensive backs coach in the mid 1980’s.
“I admire an awful lot about Coach Saban. It’s hard to define all of those things, but anybody that’s in this business, the coaching profession is built on respect. I have great respect for what he’s done and how disciplined he is and the work ethic that he has, but I always think he does things right.