Sad news for Alabama: Alabama manger announces his…

The creator of the Alabama football dynasty, Nick Saban, has announced his retirement.

During his outstanding 17-year stint at the University of Alabama, Nick Saban—one of college football’s finest coaches ever—led the team to six national titles. On Wednesday, Saban announced his retirement.

According to a statement from Saban, “The University of Alabama has been a very special place to Terry and me.” “We have cherished every second of our 17 years as Alabama’s head coaches and our integration into the Tuscaloosa community. It is more important to consider our legacy and method than just counting the number of games we win and lose. We always made an effort to do things correctly. Being the greatest player possible, helping players produce more value for their future, and helping them succeed in life as a result of being a part of the program was always the aim.

“Hopefully, we’ve succeeded in doing so, and Alabama will always be home to us.”

After spending two seasons with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, Saban, 72, came to Alabama in 2007. He helped bring the once-dormant Crimson Tide program back to life, winning national titles in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2020.

Breaking: A source claims that Nick Saban is retiring. Six of the seven national titles the 72-year-old Alabama coach has won have been with the Tide. The news was first reported by Chris Low.

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Prior to then, he had served as head coach at Michigan State University and the University of Toledo before leading Louisiana State to a national title in 2003.

With six victories with Alabama and one with LSU, Saban is the only college football coach to have won seven national titles since the AP poll history began in 1936. Under his leadership, the Crimson Tide had the longest winning run in the poll era—16 seasons in a row with at least 10 victories.

The five-time SEC coach of the year will retire with a 292-71-1 career record in collegiate coaching, except the five victories that were stripped away by the NCAA in 2009 due to rules breaches resulting from illegal payments. The 292 victories rank 12th overall, regardless of division, and sixth all-time in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the highest division in college football.

Famous for his fiery temperament, sideline scowl, and winning ways, Saban spent two seasons in the NFL with the Dolphins before coming back to college football to bring back one of the nation’s most illustrious schools, which had not won a national championship in fifteen years. Saban had outstanding tenures at Toledo, Michigan State, and LSU, but it was at Alabama that he truly established himself as one of the best coaches in history.

His most recent squad faced several challenges in the beginning, including a defeat to Texas, but they overcame them thanks to the rise of quarterback Jalen Milroe, who helped them defeat Georgia, the top-ranked team at the time, in the SEC title game.

After the game, Saban didn’t sound like a coach wanting to leave his position anytime soon. But even without the title, it was a reasonable course of action.

He remarked, “Considering where this team came from, what they accomplished and did, winning the SEC championship, and really, really proud of this group, this is one of the most amazing seasons in Alabama football history.”

“I only wish that as a coach, I could have assisted them more.”