• Kristen Saban is an events planner and the adopted daughter of college American Football coach Nick Saban.
• She has a net worth estimated at over $500,000 and her father's net worth is estimated to be over $35 million.
• She attended Tuscaloosa Academy and the University of Alabama, and worked as a student assistant for the football program and an events staffer at the Bryant-Denny Stadium.
• She married Adam Setas in 2014 and they have a child together.
• In 2013, she was involved in a lawsuit where she was accused of beating up one of her sorority sisters but the case was dismissed as she was ruled as acting in self-defense.
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Who is Kristen Saban?
Kristen Saban was born in Alabama, USA, in the mid-1980s, and is an events planner, but perhaps best known for being the adopted daughter of college American Football coach Nick Saban. Her father is considered as one of the greatest college football coaches of all time, helping elevate the University of Alabama team to star status.
The Riches of Kristen Saban
Kristen Saban’s net worth is estimated at close to $1 million, as f mid-2024, earned from her work as an events planner; she may also have benefited from the success of her father, who’s wealth is over $35 million.
His head coaching job helps him earn an annual salary currently worth over $7.5 million.
Early Life, Education, and Career
Kristen became very interested in sports at a young age, particularly American Football as she was influenced by her father’s career and lifelong passion. She often went to her father’s games, and followed his career as he moved around various teams, coaching Michigan State, LSU, and then the University of Alabama in 2007.
She attended Tuscaloosa Academy, and during her time there was a part of the school’s cheerleading team. After matriculating, she enrolled at the University of Alabama, during which she also worked as a student assistant for the football program, and at the Bryant-Denny Stadium as an events staffer, the primary location for all of Alabama’s home games during college football season. After graduating, she maintained her love for sports and used her prior experience handling events to get work with the sports event planning organization Bruno Event Team.
The work helps her keep close to her father, and also allows her to oversee other sporting events, including coverig are golf tournaments and men’s college basketball tournaments.
Father – Nick Saban
Nick is of Croatian descent, with his grandfather migrating to the US at a young age. He attended Monongah High School, and after matriculating enrolled at Kent State University, where he completed a degree in business. He continued his studies to earn a master’s in sports administration from the same educational institution.
Around this time, he had set his sights on finding a job as a coach, but was initially hired as a graduate assistant, while waiting for his wife who was completing her college studies.
Afterwards he began working as an assistant coach, with several NCAA Division I- college teams over the next decade, including West Virginia, Syracuse, Ohio State, and Michigan State. In 1987, he had his first experience with the National Football League (NFL) as he was hired as an assistant for the Houston Oilers. After two years he returned to college football, when he was offered the position of head coach of Michigan State, subsequently helping the team improve after many losing seasons.
Success with Alabama and Recent Woes
Nick had already proven his potential when he joined the University of Alabama, to become the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide, having already helped the LSU Tigers reach the BCS National Championship.
After two years with the Tide, he helped them win three national championships, along with continuous appearances in the play-offs, becoming the first college football coach to win a national championship with two teams.
Since joining Alabama, his win rate skyrocketed and he has a record of 242-65-1, with his achievements leading many to believe that he is the greatest coach in college football history. He’s tied for the record of most national championships in the modern era, and is a member of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.
Not everything has been green for him, however; the 2019 season marked the first occasion when Alabama wasn’t in the playoffs, after consecutive post-season appearances since 2007. The roster has had many problems, including two of its stars out for the season due to injuries. This has led many to believe that the end of Alabama’s era may be near, especially with Saban advancing in age. However, he subsequently had four Conference-winning seasons – clearly, he’s far from being ‘past it.’
Personal Life
Kristen married Adam Setas in 2014, and they have a child together.
The two have known each other since pre-school, and kept in touch while being in different locations. They later developed romantically in 2013, when she reportedly left her boyfriend at the time to be with him. They were engaged after a year of dating, with Setas proposing to her on a bridge overlooking Nashville. The two were married a few months later.
A year before starting her relationship with Setas, she became a part of an altercation that lead to a lawsuit, accused of brutally beating up one of her sorority sisters following a verbal exchange. She was posting about an issue they had on Facebook which prompted the other to confront her in her room. The lawsuit was later dismissed, as the judge ruled the case as Kristen only acting in self-defense.
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Half of this article isn’t true I went to school with her in Florida and she wasn’t born in the 80s…
Yep, and he didn’t leave the Oilers for Michigan State. He was actually the head coach at Toledo for one season, and, then, he was the defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns, before he became the head coach at Michigan State. This article doesn’t even mention his first head coaching job, at Toledo, or the biggest job of his career as an assistant, when he coached under Bill Bellechik in Cleveland. Also, he won his third national championship at Alabama after six years, and not two, like the article says. There’s not much doubt Coach Saban is the greatest of all time, but even he couldn’t win three championships in two years. You don’t have to be a football expert to see how obviously wrong this article is.