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Nick Saban teases future plans following retirement from coaching
By Paul Harvey
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Nick Saban is not looking to sit at home and watch Netflix now that his coaching career is done.
The longtime head coach and legendary figure at Alabama officially announced his retirement on Wednesday. According to Saban, his final decision went down to the wire as he mulled his future just minutes before a team meeting.
In the end, Saban is moving on from coaching, but he hinted at his future plans in a sitdown interview with ESPN’s Rece Davis. Saban admitted he’s “going to keep working” after leaving coaching and cited some businesses he has and other opportunities that might be out there.
“I’m going to keep working. I don’t want to get up and watch Netflix, I want to do something,” said Saban. “I have some businesses, maybe there are some other opportunities for me out there somewhere.”
“I can think of one, but, go ahead,” said Davis with a knowing smile.
Davis’ nudge was clearly a hint at a broadcasting career, likely at ESPN if desired. Saban admitted he probably would enjoy broadcasting but also said he was cautioned about starting broadcasting later in life.
“Well, I probably would like to do that. Somebody told me once you can’t start a broadcasting career when you’re 80,” Saban joked. “But I’m looking for challenges, we have businesses, we have lots of things. And I do want to contribute to continuing to helping people… It’s just part of having compassion for other people and trying to be helpful.”
For what it’s worth, many fans on social media were quick to call on Saban to join College GameDay as a potential replacement for longtime host Lee Corso. We’ll see if that’s in the cards for Saban down the road, but he certainly has the knowledge and personality to star in a broadcasting role.
Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.