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This is Nick Saban wearing a Luigi hat. It is real.

Seriously. It’s Nick-freaking-Saban wearing a Luigi hat, and it’s amazing.

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

Update, July 25: The video is now out, and we’ve added above. In it, we also learn Nick Saban is afraid of Santa Claus and that he first took up sports to avoid his grandmother’s mandated accordion lessons.

Nick Saban is hanging out with ESPN. He’s also wearing a Luigi hat -- which is the biggest news of this sporting Tuesday.

It’s unclear how someone got him to wear a Luigi hat, nor do we care. This is a thing that happened in the world and it should be celebrated. Darn it, he looks so happy too. Naturally this needed to happen.

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ROLL TIDE BABY LUIGI, EAT IT!

Related: All 14 SEC head coaches as “Super Smash Bros” characters.

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