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By Matt Audilet
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Nick Saban ended his all-time great coaching career after his 2023 campaign with the Alabama Crimson Tide, retiring with seven national championship rings.
Following his retirement, there was strong speculation that Saban ended his coaching career due to the rise of the new NIL and transfer portal era in college football.
ESPN's Mike Greenberg suggested as much during a conversation with Saban on "Get Up" Tuesday morning.
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“Well, that’s not why I got out of coaching,” Saban replied. “We had three years of this, you know, my last three years. I coached in the NFL, so I was used to managing the salary cap and that type of thing.”
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“But I think that it was just time for me, 72 years old,” he continued. “I think it was time to have some quality of life with family, with Miss Terry, enjoy some things we’ve never been able to do. ... Coaching is not a job, it's a way of life. So how about we do something else, and have some fun doing something else, and not live under this stress level that we've lived under for 50 years."
Saban's former Alabama team is 4-0 to begin the 2026 college football season, notching wins over East Carolina, Kentucky, Florida State and South Carolina. The No. 7 Crimson Tide will face off against the No. 17 Mississippi State Bulldogs this coming Saturday.
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