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In college sports, a top coach like Nick Saban is worth every penny

I don't know if Kelly or Harbaugh would go to Texas. I suspect neither would, because the challenge of pro coaching is more appealing to both of them. But
Michael Rosenberg|
In college sports, a top coach like Nick Saban is worth every penny
In college sports, a top coach like Nick Saban is worth every penny

I don't know if Kelly or Harbaugh would go to Texas. I suspect neither would, because the challenge of pro coaching is more appealing to both of them. But don't be surprised if Texas lures another pro coach, or outbids professional teams for coveted free-agent coaches. The fact is, a coach is worth more to Texas than to a pro team, and Texas has more money to spend than most pro teams, because Texas doesn't have to pay players anywhere near what they are worth. It's nice having cheap labor.

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Michael Rosenberg
MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and feature stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of “War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest.” Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year’s best sportswriting. He is married with three children.

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