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Put Saban’s Face On Tide Defense

Nick Saban		By Kirk McNair Date: Aug 21, 2009 Alabama football has a long history of good defense. For many years under Paul Bryant the defense was in the hands of Ken Donahue, a tireless worker and tyrannical taskmaster. Bill Oliver, secondary coach in many of those Bryant-Donahue defenses, got much of the credit in the Gene Stallings era, particularly in throttling Miami in the National Championship Sugar Bowl at the end of the 1992 season.

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Put Saban’s Face On Tide Defense