Nick Saban can officially add another award to his name.
The former Alabama football coach was given the Sports Emmys award for Outstanding Personality/Emerging Talent for his work on ESPN’s “College GameDay.” Saban beat out Prime Video’s Ryan Fitzpatrick, ESPN’s Jason Kelce, Prime Video’s Richard Sherman and CBS/TNT’s Jay Wright for the award.
Before the Nick’s Kids Golf Tournament in Vestavia Hills May 20, Saban joked about the nomination saying it “must have not been a good year for people in the Emmys.”
“It was a new experience,” Saban said of his time on “College GameDay.” “A lot of people helped contribute to learning how to do it. I certainly appreciate them and thank them for that. We had a really good team of people who has lots of experience, I think, helped me fit in the program and hopefully we created value of some sort.”
Between 2007-23, Saban led Alabama to six national championships and 201 wins: the second-most wins at a single school in SEC history. Only Bear Bryant had more with 232 wins in 25 seasons.Saban’s seven national championships — six at Alabama and one at LSU — is more than any coach in the modern college football era.
Saban was named an inductee for the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame.
Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@gannett.com or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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