Now in its fourth year of heralding college football coaches who demonstrate sportsmanship, integrity and responsibility on and off the field, Liberty Mutual Insurance today named Alabama head football coach Nick Saban one of 10 Football Bowl Subdivision finalists for the 2009 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award.Saban joins Mack Brown (University of Texas), Pete Carroll (University of Southern California), Al Golden (Temple University), Kirk Ferentz (University of Iowa), Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech), Brian Kelly (University of Cincinnati), Joe Paterno (Penn State University), Gary Patterson (TCU) and Dabo Swinney (Clemson University).
The winner of the 2009 Liberty Mutual award will receive a $50,000 contribution to the charity of his choice, plus a $20,000 contribution to the school’s alumni association for student scholarships and activities. The winner will be announced January 6, 2010, in Los Angeles, in advance of the BCS Championship Game.
Alabama fans are encouraged to vote for Coach Saban online at http://www.coachoftheyear.com/ from Dec. 15-29. The fan vote constitutes 20 percent of the coach’s final score.
“Many passionate fans came out to vote for Coach Saban because he embodies the college football spirit and the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year values,” said Greg Gordon, senior vice president of Consumer Marketing at Liberty Mutual. “Coach Saban has made a great impact on the lives of his student athletes and his community and we are proud to recognize him as a Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year finalist.”
Saban won the 2008 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year and donated his winnings to Nick’s Kids Fund, a charity he and his wife Terry began when they were at Michigan State. Since their arrival in Tuscaloosa, the Saban’s have raised more than one million dollars for the Nick’s Kids Fund, which has been distributed to numerous schools, agencies and organizations in Tuscaloosa County and the state of Alabama.
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