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 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

"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 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 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.

Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban may be one of the greatest college football coaches in the history of the sport. But if the sport was anything like it is now when he got into coaching, he may have never had the legendary career that he Due to the implementation of NIL deals and the Read

Legendary coach Nick Saban reflects on his decision to leave LSU for the NFL, calling it the biggest mistake of his career.