The Nick Saban coaching tree is obviously massive in college football — four SEC schools currently have his former assistants as head coaches, including South Carolina with Will Muschamp.
Athletic directors and programs are hungry to replicate, or just get a piece of, the success Saban has brought to Alabama, and one of the most obvious ways that happens is by looking to recruit players with the specific qualities and traits that Saban values in building his own program.
As a result, Saban’s acolytes often identify and pursue the same recruits, Muschamp said Tuesday, just days before he faces a Tennessee team coached by another former Saban assistant, Jeremy Pruitt.