Saban and Pinkel share decades-old connection

By Photo courtesy Kent State University Libraries

October 12, 2012 | 12:00 p.m. CDT

In this 1972 Kent State University football team photo, Missouri football head coach Pinkel is No. 89 in the third row, eighth from the left, while Alabama head coach Nick Saban is No. 12 in the front row, first on the left.

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