It is the end of the road for Alabama Crimson Tide’s legendary head coach, Nick Saban. According to a report by ESPN’s Chris Low, Saban informed Alabama on Wednesday that he is retiring.
Saban is walking away after spending 17 years with Crimson Tide and leading the program to six national championships and 13 SEC titles. Alabama reached the College Football Playoffs in 2023 before being eliminated in the semifinals with a 27-20 overtime loss to Michigan.
Saban is considered one of the greatest coaches in college football history. He coached 28 seasons at the college level with Toledo, Michigan State, LSU, and Alabama without ever having a losing season. He has a total of seven national titles, winning one with LSU and six with Alabama. No other coach since 1998 has more than three.
Saban will end his career with a 292-71-1 record as a head coach in college football. His 292 wins rank him 12th all-time among head coaches in NCAA, while his 201 games won with Alabama are second-most with a single school in SEC history.
Saban spent time coaching in the NFL. He was an assistant with the Houston Oilers and defensive coordinator with the Cleveland Browns before landing a head coaching job with the Miami Dolphins in 2005. Saban left Miami after two seasons, during which the Dolphins went 15-17, to take the Alabama job.
