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.

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 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.

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 highly regarded as one of, if not, the best college football coach of all-time. His seven national championship titles, one with the LSU Tigers and six with the Alabama Crimson Tide, is the most by any coach ever in FBS history.