Another article on him:
Man behind the money
SUPER AGENT JIMMY SEXTON HAS BEEN CONTROLLING THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHING MARKET FOR YEARS, AND HE'S DONE IT WITHOUT MAKING ENEMIES
The Rebels are rollin'. Coach Hugh Freeze is at the top of his game. In less than a week, Ole Miss will beat Alabama for the biggest win of Freeze's career.
So there's still much to be determined.
The man largely responsible for the whole damn thing is across the table. This is not a lunch so much as a sighting.
"I try to maintain as low a profile as I can," said Sexton, in another life a 51-year old father of three sons.
But 10 minutes into the lunch, the sanctity of Being Jimmy
and being dad is violated. He has to take this call.
"I'm in the middle of a meeting," Sexton tells his oldest son James. "I'll call you in a little bit, OK?"
Where were we? Oh yeah, once again Sexton is trying to complete a thought. And the thought is … wait,
riiiing.
"Grace, you need two tickets right? I got you covered."
Jimmy had to take that call too. His niece checking in.
Let's interrupt an interruption for a formal introduction. James Dale Sexton is one of the most powerful men in sports. He's also one of the most humble.
The super agent behind the careers of Freeze, Nick Saban, Jimbo Fisher, Tim Tebow, Will Muschamp, Lane Kiffin and Jim Mora Jr. not only controls the college football coaching market, in some spaces he
is the market.
Five of the 14 SEC head coaches are his clients -- three alone in the SEC West. Their combined salaries are approaching $21.5 million.
The AFC East also sports his influence. Sexton's stable of NFL coaches includes Doug Marrone and Rex Ryan. On Sunday, one Sexton client replaced the other when Ryan took the Buffalo Bills job that Marrone, just a few weeks ago, used a contract clause to get out of.
If you're a Sextonopohile, you might have noticed when Freeze's name was mentioned for the Florida job. Muschamp had been fired. Soon after, the Ole Miss coach's contract was significantly bumped to an average of $4.5 million per year. Coincidence?
Entire article:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/feature/24963891/man-behind-the-money
