Alabama coach Nick Saban shocked the college football world on Wednesday when it was announced that he would be retiring after 17 seasons with the Crimson Tide.
ESPN’s Chris Low broke the news on Wednesday evening on X, formerly known as Twitter. He later joined The Paul Finebaum Show and explained why now is the right time for Saban to retire.
“I think when you’re 72 years old, first of all, 14 hour days are a lot different than when you’re 60 or 62. That’s just the way it is,” Low said. “Nick’s one of those guys that he can only do it one way.
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Who is the next football coach at Alabama after Nick Saban’s retirement? We have some ideas.
The college football world has shifted once again, with news of Alabama head coach Nick Saban’s retirement shocking the nation. Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne now has the unenviable job of finding the next heir to the crimson throne, the successor to the greatest college football coach of all time.
Let’s set the stage first. The University of Alabama is one of the premier jobs in college football, but there are some flaws.
Wednesday afternoon the sports world was shocked to hear that legendary Alabama head football coach Nick Saban is retiring.
The 72-year-old Saban coached the Crimson Tide to six National Championships. Before arriving in Tuscaloosa, Saban coached the LSU Tigers to a national championship.
This year, he led the team to an SEC Championship over Georgia and a College Football Playoff appearance. That ended with an overtime loss to Michigan in the Rose Bowl.
However, that loss doesn’t matter a whole lot in the grand scheme of Saban’s legacy. That was cemented a long, long time ago.
Nick Saban, who won six national titles at Alabama and is considered among the greatest college football coaches of all time, is retiring, sources told ESPN’s Chris Low.
Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban is reportedly retiring following the conclusion of the 2023 college football season, according to Chris Low of ESPN.
Saban coached 17 seasons at Alabama, where he won six national championships, including three during the College Football Playoff era. He won 217 games with the program, boasting an impressive 88.7% winning percentage and a 16-7 record in bowl games. His last game with the Crimson Tide was a loss against Michigan in this year’s Rose Bowl.
Saban, 72, is the fifth winningest coach in college football history, with 297 career wins.
To describe Pete Carroll as distinct is understated—remarkably, significantly, comically understated. There’s nothing about Carroll that isn’t distinct. He’s a football coach among thousands of football coaches—and a genre of one.
Let’s start with what it’s like to interview the longtime Seattle Seahawks architect and longtime coach–until Wednesday. The bat phone dings, summoning a journalist to the franchise’s lakefront headquarters. When they arrive, employees escort them to the second floor coaches’ wing.
Has New Orleans Saints coach Dennis Allen lost the locker room? In the eyes of general manager Mickey Loomis, the notion couldn’t be any further from the truth.
Loomis, after days of speculation, took time Wednesday to address the chatter that has followed Allen since Jameis Winston’s questionable call to pivot from his coach’s plan and score a one-yard touchdown late in the Saints’s 41–17 Week 18 blowout win over the Atlanta Falcons.
Alabama football coach Nick Saban has coached his last game.
ESPN’s Chris Low, who is Saban’s closest friend in the media, reported Wednesday afternoon that Saban will be retiring.
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OutKick reported in September that Saban was likely to retire after the 2023 or 2024 season, according to an exclusive interview with a good friend of Saban from back in his days as LSU’s coach from 2000-04.
For those who still don’t believe Tiger Woods will ever win again, let me ask you this … could you smoke a drive 300 yards from your knees, one of which was nearly chopped off three years ago in an automobile accident?
Didn’t think so! Tiger Woods can — and did — and he’s now a Masters favorite.
Side note: the first part is true. The second part is not. Don’t bet based on that.
Roll tape, courtesy of Barstool Sports:
This is so good. Tiger Woods long drive contest. Enjoy: pic.twitter.
Seattle Seahawks fans knew this day was coming eventually. Coach Pete Carroll couldn’t go on forever, even though 14 years of near-limitless ability for reinvention seemed to imply that he would.
However, Carroll’s departure Wednesday took many in the Pacific Northwest and beyond by complete surprise. The Seahawks had gone 9-8 this year, nearly making a second straight postseason. Carroll continued to draw acclaim for his handling the team after the departure of quarterback Russell Wilson, who Seattle traded away in 2022.