Nick Saban shared his biggest regret recently during an appearance on “The Pivot” podcast, and it would’ve changed the college football landscape for years. “When I left LSU that was probably professionally the biggest mistake that I ever made,” he admitted.

Nick Saban has now been retired from coaching the Alabama Crimson Tide for just over a year. In that short time, the sport has evolved dramatically. In fact, college football was already undergoing significant changes just before he decided to hang up his whistle.

Nick Saban has cemented his status as the greatest college football head coach of the current generation after rewriting the history books during his career on

Nick Saban left an incredible legacy at Alabama after building one of the greatest dynasties in modern college football history. None of that would have happened if Saban chose to stay at LSU, and he admits that leaving Baton Rouge for the Miami Dolphins is his biggest professional regret.

On former Tiger Ryan Clark’s “The Pivot” podcast, Saban said leaving LSU was “the biggest mistake I ever made,” throughout his storied career. “I found out in that experience that I like coaching in college better because you can develop players personally, academically, athletically, and all that a little more than in pro ball,” Saban said.

Nick Saban joined the The Pivot Podcast this week and was asked if he would coach football again in the future.  Saban retired from coaching more than a year ago after 17 years with the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban isn't unretiring. But if he did, he'd prefer the NFL over college, he said on the Pivot Podcast.

Nick Saban is the greatest college football coach of all time. However, if it were up to him, his career would have looked a lot different.

Nick Saban said on The Pivot Podcast that if he had to choose today, he'd prefer to coach in the NFL over college football because of the sport's