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Alabama's Head Coach Used To Drive A Coke Delivery Truck, So The Company Made Him This Ad

Laura StamplerJan 9, 2013, 00:09 IST

Everyone, including Coke Zero, is talking about Alabama's more-than-decisive victory against Notre Dame in the BCS National Championship last night.

It turns out that Alabama's head coach Nick Saban used to drive a Coca-Cola delivery truck to make ends meet when starting out in his coaching career. So Coke Zero released a congratulatory ad to celebrate Saban's victory.

While we admire loyalty, we wonder how Georgia, hometown to Coca-Cola and 'Bama's SEC rival, feels about the ad talking about Saban leading "Alabama to our first national championship in 18 years."

Atlanta-based MELT made the commercial.

Watch the spot below: