The evolution of Nick Saban through his milestone victories

ByALEX SCARBOROUGH
November 8, 2016, 2:51 PM

— -- BATON ROUGE, La. -- Alabama players, assistants and staffers gathered around Nick Saban as he stood in the middle of the visitor's locker room inside Tiger Stadium late Saturday night.

They whooped and hollered for their coach who turned 65 years old a week earlier on Halloween.

But while beating No. 13-ranked LSU to remain unbeaten was thrilling, this was a different kind of celebration.

Ed Marynowitz, who was a key part of Alabama's personnel department from 2008-12 and returned to the program before the start of this season, clapped as he stood to Saban's left. Then he signaled to his coach with his hands: two-zero-zero.

"Two hundred!" Marynowitz said.

On Saturday, Saban became the third-fastest coach to reach 200 wins in major college football history. He needed only 261 games to get there.