Kirby Smart, Jim Harbaugh, Nick Saban, Urban Meyer and more: Coaches and their indispensable players

Which single college football player -- from Deshaun Watson to Manti Te'o to Aidan Hutchinson -- defined the tenures of their head coaches?On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis look at 16 coaches from across college football -- 12 North and 4 South, 7 at their current school and 9 who moved on -- and pick one player for each of them that the coach couldn't live without.Which players got coaches over the top for a title or playoff spot or 10-win season?Which players changed their coaches' reputations?Doug and Bill picked players for these 16 coaches at these schools:• Nick Saban, Alabama• Matt Campbell, Iowa State• James Franklin, Penn State• P.J. Fleck, Minnesota• Kirby Smart, Georgia• Jeff Brohm, Purdue• Jim Harbaugh, Michigan• Brian Kelly, Notre Dame• Kyle Whittingham, Utah• Urban Meyer, Ohio State• Mark Dantonio, Michigan State• Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M• Dabo Swinney, Clemson• Luke Fickell, Cincinnati• Chip Kelly, OregonThanks for joining this episode of Kings of the North. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.