Nick Saban's influence now stretches beyond the gridirons of the Southeastern Conference and college football.
Alabama's head football coach has been named to Fortune's list of "2016 World's Greatest Leaders."
Fortune says those who made list are "men and women transforming the world and inspiring others to do the same."
The list includes the likes of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, German leader Angela Merkel and Pope Francis.
OK. Makes sense.
Saban crashes the list at No. 11.
His credentials? He brought Alabama football back to prominence.
Saban has won four national championship in the last seven years at Alabama and five in his career. He boasts a 100-18 record in nine years at the Capstone with four SEC Championships.
From what we know of Saban, we presume this will be his reaction to making the list:
Many believe SEC football to be in a class of its own, but Saban as No. 11 WORLD leader?
Beats being the "Trump of football."
Interestingly, the website Worth ranked what it considered the "60 Most Powerful People in Sports" and Saban's name is awkwardly absent. The list is encompassed largely of league chiefs and media CEOs.
Being college football's highest paid coach must wield no power.
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