Nick Saban on Retirement ” What he Misses Most”
Former Alabama Crimson Tide head football coach Nick Saban was in Birmingham on Wednesday taking part in the annual Regions Tradition Pro-Am. The seven-time national champion has been enjoying retirement, playing golf across the country, appearing on ESPN for the NFL Draft and spending time with his family.
What he Misses Most
Saban coached across college and professional football for 50 years establishing himself as one of the best to ever put on a headset. He spent time with the media before teeing off at Greystone Country Club and said its not the competition, the weekly preprartion or the grind of the recruiting trail that he misses most. Instead he misses the bond he built with his players over time.
Relationships with players. I actually played golf with Mark Ingram and Tua [Tagovailoa] had him up on Monday and we played. Those relationships that you have with players, there’s nothing that beats that. But we care about them all so we’ll continue those relationships, said Saban on Wednesday.
The former Crimson Tide head coach has nothing but time now that he’s retired to reconnect and maintain those relationships that he’s built over time. He no longer has to worry about wins or losses, recruiting future players or expectations of the Alabama fan base. Saban has three more months before he’s once again part of a team on ESPN’s College Gameday set where he’ll once again make the relationships a priority.
Nicholas Lou Saban Jr. (/ˈseɪbən/ SAY-bən; born October 31, 1951) is an American sportscaster and former professional and college football coach. He serves as an analyst for ESPN‘s College GameDay, a television program covering college football. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest football coaches of all time.
Saban served as head coach of the National Football League (NFL)’s Miami Dolphins and at four universities: Louisiana State University (LSU), Michigan State University, the University of Toledo and most famously the University of Alabama, where he last coached from 2007 to 2023.
Nick Saban on Retirement ” What he Misses Most”
