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.

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.

Upon retiring, Saban walked away with 11 SEC Championships, having over 160 players drafted to the NFL and won seven titles. His career is now the pinnacle of the sport, and people will chase after his records like he chased after Bear Bryant.

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 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.

"I don't think so," Saban said. "I honestly felt, at the end of the [2023 season], like, you're going to kill yourself doing this. I mean, I really did feel that way. And it wasn'

Nick Saban "never thought" of himself as the greatest coach in college football history as he added national championship after national championship to

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 if he could change one thing.

However, if Saban were to return to the sidelines, it wouldn’t be on Fridays nor most Saturdays, and here’s why: “I loved coaching pro ball, and if I was going to coach today, based on the circumstances in college and in the NFL,

In a moment that occurred on the balcony outside of former LSU athletic director Skip Bertman's office, then-Tigers head football coach Nick Saban made a decision two decades ago that he still hasn't lived down.