Alabama football coach Nick Saban recently shared a touching story about Bobby Bowden.
The legendary former Florida State football coach passed away over the weekend after a battle with pancreatic cancer, and stories have been pouring in from all over the college football world. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
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During a Sunday press conference, the seven-time national champion talked about how Bowden offered him a job at West Virginia following Saban’s father dying.
Listen to Saban tell the heartwarming story below.
Nick Saban shares his favorite memory he had with Bobby Bowden pic.twitter.com/hBWgr15zuo
— Ryan Hennessy (@RyanWVTM13) August 8, 2021
Guys like Bowden are incredibly rare and they’re getting rarer and rarer with every passing day. Men just aren’t built like him anymore.
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He was an amazing football coach who won at the highest of levels. There’s no debating his incredible success.
However, for as great as he was as a coach, just about everyone would agree that he was an even better person.
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I don’t think I’ve ever heard a negative story about Bowden. Everyone who knew him praised his kindness and big heart.
The fact he offered Nick Saban a job at WVU just so he could be close to home after his dad died is an incredible act of kindness.
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The world could certainly use some more people like Bowden. We’d be much better off as a society if we had a few more guys like him.
