Overview
- The series premiered Thursday on ESPN with all six episodes available immediately on the ESPN app and weekly cable airings set to run through Nov. 5.
- Filmmakers recorded more than 20 hours of interviews with Saban and interviewed roughly 70 to 90 other players, coaches and associates to build the film's portrait.
- The documentary includes previously unseen material, including over 100 hours of home and team footage and a camera-captured conversation from the 2018 national championship that Saban said he did not know was being filmed.
- Director Russell Dinallo uses a non-chronological, 'Last Dance'–influenced structure to move between career moments and personal history, with episodes that foreground Saban's West Virginia upbringing and his relationship with his wife, Terry.
- ESPN and the filmmakers say the series aims to serve both fans and viewers interested in leadership by showing how Saban's process, decisions and relationships shaped seven national titles and his influence on college football.