The inaugural College Football Mental Health Week was started by Mark Hilinkski and his wife, Kym, and their organization Hilinski’s Hope. It's been their passion project since losing their son to suicide in Jan. 2018. And its message has reached the Tide.
“We’ve always tried to have a really good mental health program. We’ve had one for 25 years that I think has been beneficial for players. But I think this group, Hilinski’s Hope, has created an awareness that has helped more and more people do more and more things to help players, and I think that is a very good thing and we’re very supportive of it,” Saban said.
They’ve seen pain accumulate and spill over before. When Ryan threw his first touchdown pass at South Carolina, Mark and Kym noticed he slumped his shoulders. Later that night, he told his parents it was the first time he had cried since Tyer’s death. “There is hope because they can see the pendulum is swinging,” Kym said. " ... Our student-athletes are incredible, they have a lot on their plates and I think they’re just so much deeper than the fandom out there gives them credit for.”
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