Bill Text: WV SCR39 | 2021 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Home of Nick Saban
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-04-02 - To House Rules [SCR39 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2021-SCR39-Comm_Sub.html
Committee Substitute
for
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 39
(By Senators Beach, Caputo, Ihlenfeld, Lindsay, Phillips, Hamilton, Stollings, Unger, and Jeffries)
[Originating in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; reported April 1, 2021]
Requesting the Division of Highways erect signs on U.S. Route 19 at both ends of Monongah, Marion County, West Virginia, stating “Home of Nick Saban”.
Whereas, Nicholas Lou Saban Jr., was born on October 31, 1951, in Fairmont, West Virginia, to Nicholas and Mary Saban; and
Whereas, Nicholas Lou Saban Jr., known throughout his life as “Nick”, attended Monongah High School where he won the 1967 2A State Championship in football as a quarterback alongside United States Senator Joe Manchin; and
Whereas, Upon graduation from Monongah High School, Nick Saban attended Kent State University on a football scholarship as a starting defensive back for the Golden Flashes from 1970 to 1973; and
Whereas, After completing his bachelor’s degree in business, Nick Saban went on to complete his master’s degree in sports administration from Kent State, while working as an assistant coach for the Golden Flashes; and
Whereas, Upon graduation, Nick Saban was hired as a graduate assistant for Kent State, later serving as an assistant coach at Syracuse in 1977, West Virginia from 1978 to 1979, Ohio State from 1980 to 1981, Navy in 1982, Michigan State from 1983 to 1987, and the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL) in 1988; and
Whereas, Nick Saban was head coach at Toledo in 1988 where he found quick success that would lead to an offer from the Cleveland Browns of the NFL to become a defensive coordinator for the 1990 season; and
Whereas, After four years in Cleveland, Michigan State chose Nick Saban as their head coach from 1990 to 1999; starting the 1999 season, Nick Saban became the head coach of Louisiana State University where he would win his first National Championship in the 2003 season and two South Eastern Conference Championships; and
Whereas, in 2004, Nick Saban left Louisiana State University to become the head coach of the Miami Dolphins for the 2005 season, and after a 15-17 record, Nick Saban was released from Miami; and
Whereas, Nick Saban was hired by the Alabama Crimson Tide on January 3, 2007, which would lead to six National Championships (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020) and seven Eastern Conference Championships (2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020); and
Whereas, Nick Saban has a wife, Kristen Saban of 49 years who first saw Nick at a Pop Warner game in Fairmont, and two adopted children, Nicholas and Kristen Saban; and
Whereas, Nick Saban called on Alabama high schools to help West Virginia schools affected by the 2016 West Virginia floods that took place on June 23-24; and
Whereas, Nick Saban’s representation of West Virginia on a national stage should be commemorated by signage near his home; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to erect signs on U.S. Route 19 at both ends of Monongah, Marion County, West Virginia, stating “Home of Nick Saban”; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs on U.S. Route 19 at both ends of Monongah, Marion County, West Virginia, stating “Home of Nick Saban”; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.
