There have been rumors circulating that rival coaches have been using Alabama coach Nick Saban’s age (he’ll turn 67 on Halloween) to negatively recruit against the Crimson Tide.

However, Georgia coach Kirby Smart took a much different tone on Tuesday at SEC meetings in Destin, Florida.

Smart, a former Alabama defensive coordinator under Saban, joked that he thinks Saban may end up coaching forever (via 247Sports):

“That’s up to Nick. I think Nick’s in great health,” Smart said. “I played pick-up basketball with him for 20 years, it felt like. He takes care of himself. He plays a lot of golf. He’s very healthy. When people ask me that question, I think he’s going to coach as long as he wants to because he’s competitive, he doesn’t want to do anything else and he’s good at what he does.

“If a kid asks me that, I’m like, ‘He may coach forever because he may out-live me the way he takes care of his body. I think that’s to each his own.”

Obviously, Saban won’t coach forever, but he is showing no signs of slowing down.

While Smart was clearly joking, there’s no end in sight to Saban’s legendary career, and he may set a few more records before he finally hangs up his whistle.