Walk of Champions, University of Alabama

While most statues in the sporting world honor a former player or coach, the University of Alabama's Walk of Champions includes a statue of current coach Nick Saban. As of 2019, Saban has led the team to five national championships and is still actively employed at the University of Alabama. The statue of Saban is located among former Alabama coaching legends such as Gene Stallings and Paul "Bear" Bryant. The nine-foot statue of Bryant was designed by Jeremy Davis, an art student at the University of Alabama. 

Nick Saban was born in West Virginia and played defensive back for Kent State University where he graduated in 1973. Saban worked his way up the coaching ladder eventually landing his first head coaching job at Toledo. He spent two seasons in the NFL as head coach for the Miami Dolphins compiling a 15-17 record. This was the first losing season Saban had experienced in his coaching career.