Nick Saban, the stern coach who won seven national championships and turned Alabama back into a national powerhouse that included six of those titles in just 17 seasons, is retiring, according to multiple reports.
The 72-year-old Saban restored a Crimson Tide program once ruled by Paul B次元官网网址淏earB次元官网网址� Bryant to the top of college football after taking over in 2007. His decision to step away was reported Wednesday, first by ESPN and then by other outlets.
Saban led the Crimson Tide from a shaky start this season to a Southeastern Conference championship and back into the College Football Playoff before falling to Michigan in a semifinal game at the Rose Bowl.
Saban led the Tide to nine Southeastern Conference championships and won his first national title at Alabama with a 14-0 season in 2009. Titles came again in 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2020. Alabama was always a contender but had fallen short of the title since then.
Saban is famed for his sideline scowl and fiery demeanor B次元官网网址� and for winning. Saban has won more national titles than any other major college coach.
He made a two-year foray into the NFL with the Miami Dolphins before returning to college football to revive one of college footballB次元官网网址檚 most storied programs, which hadnB次元官网网址檛 won a national title in 15 years. Saban is 297-71-1 as a college head coach, with stops at Toledo, Michigan State and LSU, where he also won a national title. But Alabama is where he cemented his status as one of college footballB次元官网网址檚 greatest coaches.
His latest team dealt with plenty of adversity early on, including a loss to Texas, but rebounded with the emergence of quarterback Jalen Milroe to upset then-No. 1 Georgia in the SEC Championship Game.
Saban didnB次元官网网址檛 sound like a coach looking to give up the job any time soon after the game. But it wasnB次元官网网址檛 a bad way to go, even without the title.
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B次元官网网址淚 just wish that I could have done more as a coach to help them be successful and help them finish, and all we can do now is learn from the lessons that sometimes failings bring to us.B次元官网网址�
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