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Nick Saban is officially a hall of fame head coach.
The former Alabama football coach on Friday learned he has been named to the College Football Hall of Fame’s 2025 class on ESPN’s episode of “College GameDay” at the Cotton Bowl between Ohio State and Texas.
“I didn’t know anything about it,” the seven-time national championship coach jokingly said after he was told of his selection.
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Ironically, Saban learning about his hall of fame induction comes one year to the day he announced his retirement from coaching. He is currently in his first season as an analyst on “College GameDay” with Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Pat McAfee, Desmond Howard and Lee Corso.
“Thank you so much. Anytime this happens is because you have a lot of great people in your organization. Lot of great players, lot of great coaches, lot of support staff and they made a great team. Happy drive the bus but we had a lot of great people on it,” Saban said.
Saban began his coaching career at Toledo in 1990, where he led the Rockets to a 9-2 overall record. From there, Saban spent five seasons in East Lansing, Michigan at Michigan State before moving onto the Southeastern Conference and LSU.
In his four seasons at LSU from 2000 through 2004, Saban led the Tigers to a 48-16 overall record, 28-12 mark in SEC play, two conference championships, a 3-2 bowl record and the 2003 BCS championship.
After a two-year stint in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins, Saban returned to the college ranks to take over at Alabama. Across his 17 seasons in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Saban built the Crimson Tide program to be the college football powerhouse and the preeminent program in the sport, as highlighted by his six national championships.
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Author : USA TODAY Sports
Publish date : 2025-01-11 00:40:00
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