Legendary Alabama football coach Nick Saban brought his trademark charm to Coleman Coliseum on Thursday, cracking, “I feel like a warmup band for The Rolling Stones,” before delivering remarks ahead of former President Donald Trump.

But it wasn’t just Saban warming up the president.

Backstage, 18-year-old Brilyan Hollyhand — a graduating senior from Tuscaloosa Academy — was making waves of his own.

Serving as the opener before Saban during a VIP meet-and-greet with Trump, Hollyhand is no ordinary teenager.

He has already met the former president five times, penned a book, and emerged as a rising force in the GOP’s push to mobilize young voters.

“Before I stepped on the carpet (to meet Trump), he said, ‘You’ve been killing it,’” Hollyhand recalled, referring to his Fox News interview earlier that day with host Maria Bartiromo, which the president watched.

Hollyhand said Trump turned to White House press secretary Karolina Leavitt and continued the praise, “this guy killed it.”

“The segment before me (on Fox News), had the Treasury Secretary on and (Trump) was watching that and he must’ve kept the TV on, thankfully,” Hollyhand said.

Bartiromo and Hollyhand previewed Trump’s visit to the University of Alabama, and they also discussed Generation Z’s impact during the November elections.

Hollyhand told Bartiromo that 84 out of the 88 major college campuses in the U.S. saw a double-digit shift toward Republicans in November, representing what he believes is a “cultural shift.”

Gen Z generally includes people born between 1997 and 2012.

At the Coleman Coliseum, Hollyhand answered questions from the president about whether Gen Z would be supportive of the GOP during the midterm elections.

Hollyhand is the current chair of the Republican National Committee’s Youth Advisory Council and is author of the book, “One Generation Away: Why Now Is the Time to Restore American Freedom.”

“I told him that you are doing something most politicians are not doing and that you are following up on what you said you would do on the campaign trail,” Hollyhand said, adding that he believed younger voters have been “sold a false bill of goods” by politicians.

The two also talked about the music inside the Coleman Coliseum, with Trump inquiring with Hollyhand whether there “was good music tonight.”

Hollyhand said he mentioned he had heard “YMCA,” which prompted Trump to proclaim his love for the song and he began his signature dance.

The conversation then turned to Saban, who was standing nearby in the doorway waiting for his turn to speak privately with the president.

“(Trump) said that with the legendary Saban out there, it should be an inspiration to all of Gen Z,” Hollyhand said, to which he promptly agreed.

“He said that Gen Z has the potential to be the greatest generation in American history if they put their mind in it and try,” Hollyhand added.

He said that Gen Z needs to be engaged and civically involved to be effective. Trump, Hollyhand said, used parts of those references during his speech in front of the graduating students.

Hollyhand’s meeting with the president was set up on Wednesday. He said he got a call from the president’s advance team about wanting to talk with Hollyhand about the youth vote.

However, the conversation did not include inquiries about Hollyhand’s plans after he graduates high school.

That involves attending Auburn University, the chief rival to the University of Alabama, where he plans to study political sciences.

“I kept that quiet tonight,” Hollyhand said. “I didn’t wear my orange tie.”