Nick Saban spent his first year of retirement plenty busy. The former Alabama football coach spent his Saturdays in cities from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Columbus, Ohio and Dublin, Ireland, working as a analyst for ESPN's College GameDay.

After retiring as head Alabama football coach in Jan. 2024, with seven national titles to his name, coaching legend Nick Saban has few regrets. In fact, the 73-year-old has left the door open for a coaching encore.

Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban isn't unretiring. But if he did, he'd prefer the NFL over college, he said on the Pivot Podcast.

Kalen DeBoer had a lot to live up to as Nick Saban 's successor with the Alabama Crimson Tide. Ultimately, he failed as Alabama missed out on the College Football Playoff entirely.

One year to the day of retiring his post from Alabama football, coach Nick Saban was announced as the newest inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. Saban was named as the first inductee of the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame class during ESPN's "College GameDay" before the College Football Playoff semifinal between Ohio State and Texas.

Ex-Alabama football coach Nick Saban was asked to name his favorite UA player to coach. But over 17 years, one wasn't enough, so he named these five.