After 17 seasons at Alabama and coaching in some capacity since 1971, Nick Saban finally called it a career earlier this month. Saban retired shortly after the end of the college football season as a seven-time national champion – six with Alabama, and one with LSU. Saban, 72, left the sport as NIL has become much more prominent, a phenom unimaginable even a decade ago. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMSeveral notable names in the sport, like Reggie Bush, have said NIL played a role in Saban’s retirement, and former college coach Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., agrees. Nine of Saban’s 11 SEC titles came with the Crimson Tide, and his 292 wins are the fifth-most in Division I history.

Source: Fox News January 25, 2024 22:54 UTC