Followers of veteran football coach Nick Saban will learn even more about his life, upbringing and philosophy upon viewing “Saban,” a new six-episode documentary series slated to debut 6 p.m. on October 8 on ESPN.
The series offers unique insight not only into Coach Saban’s 17 seasons at the University of Alabama, but his time spent with the Miami Dolphins and at Louisiana State University. Words + Pictures and ESPN gained access to hundreds of hours of video footage shot during Saban’s Alabama tenure that has never before been made public.
Fans will no doubt recognize “the super intense guy on the sidelines, but I don’t know that he has ever really opened up to tell his story,” says, Russell Dinallo, who directed the documentary for Words + Pictures, the production company behind the project that worked with ESPN. Viewers will learn about his close relationship with his father, who passed away before he could see his son in action, and about Saban’s time with the Miami Dolphins, a tough episode in his overall career
The series offers unique insight not only into Coach Saban’s 17 seasons at the University of Alabama, but his time spent at Louisiana State University and more. Words + Pictures and ESPN gained access to hundreds of hours of video footage shot during Saban’s Alabama tenure that has never before been made public.
