If Alabama football coach Nick Saban has any extra time from running the Crimson Tide, he can check to see how his pair of luxury brand dealerships are doing.

Two dealerships previously owned by Crown Automobile recently were sold to a partnership including Saban and the chief executive officer of Dream Motor Group, Joe Agresti. These dealerships will take on the new names of Mercedes-Benz of Birmingham and Infiniti of Birmingham, effective immediately.

“I am proud to announce we have acquired Crown Automobile which will now be named Mercedes-Benz of Birmingham as well as Infiniti of Birmingham,” Agresti said. “This is an incredible opportunity and one that we have been pursuing for some time. We are extremely excited about the benefits the dealership will bring to Birmingham and the surrounding areas.”

The all-new Mercedes-Benz of Birmingham is now open for sales and service, located in the former Crown Automobile dealership off Highway 31 in Hoover, just one block south of the Galleria.

Day-to-day operations for the store will be conducted by new general manager and partner, Randy Powell, who has 30 years of experience with the Mercedes-Benz brand.

And if Powell wants some assistance in turning certified pre-owned inventory, perhaps he can turn to Saban, who owns four national championships with three titles coming in a four-year span with the Crimson Tide. That success if part of the reason Saban already makes more than $7 million annually with Alabama, making him one of the highest-paid coaches in any sport.

“We consider ourselves luxury retailers and that seemingly subtle difference in how we view ourselves is actually a monumental deviation from the status quo. We intend to delight folks,” Agresti said.

“We will improve the customer experience every single day. We are certain our employees and customers will feel coach Saban’s influence on the company,” Agresti continued. “Our company mantra is: We will trip, fall and skin our knees trying to delight our customers.”