“I enjoyed the NFL. I respected the players. It was a great opportunity to learn a lot of things, but the challenges were a little different, and it didn't seem that you could control your own destiny, especially in terms of how you could bring players to the team.”

American sportscaster and former football coach, born 1951

Nick Saban is an American sportscaster and former football coach. Born in 1951, he is best known for his long coaching career and for later serving as an analyst on ESPN's College GameDay. Saban coached in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins and at four universities: Toledo, Michigan State, LSU, and Alabama. At Alabama, where he coached from 2007 to 2023, he led the program to six claimed national championships and one unclaimed title, along with nine SEC titles and 10 SEC West Division championships.