On Tuesday, Saban made his 11th straight appearance at the fundraiser for Team Focus, a youth mentoring program founded in Mobile in 2001 by former college football coach and broadcaster Mike Gottfried and his wife, Mickey. Saban often notes that the Team Focus fundraiser is the lone charity event stop he make each year, with the exception of his own Nick's Kids golf tournament.
Team Focus' mission is to provide "leadership skills, guidance, Godly values and a continual relationship with a mentor" to young men without a father figure in their lives. It's a cause near to Saban's heart, as he was just 21 years old when lost his own father to a sudden heart attack...