re: Will "the God thing" start to get challenged on legal grounds?

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So how many Christians would play for this coach? Probably none, so really all that would, would be muslims or non-believers that would soon HAVE to convert to Islam. So having an Imam come speak really wouldn't offend anyone, now would it?

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Er? Seriously? If Saban converted to Islam tomorrow, he's still going to pull in players left and right. The stigma attached to Islam, especially Nation of Islam-style, by white lower-to-middle class Christians is considerable more potent than that attached to it by most other segments of society. There are actually plenty of black Muslim players in college sports, after all (I believe one of your own fellow Bama fans mentioned that your team has some.) So long as there aren't exacerbating factors that make him controversial otherwise, I doubt the simple fact that the coach is Muslim will have a huge impact.

And if there are exacerbating factors, it wouldn't matter what religion he is. A Christian coach who endorses bombing abortion clinics and militia-driven separatism isn't going to get any better press than a Muslim one who endorses jihadism in Afghanistan.