TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Nick Saban announced his retirement as Alabama's head football coach on Wednesday afternoon, and in response, his wife, Terry Saban, wrote a message about her husband's career on Facebook.
“It has been an incredible run these last 17 years at the University of Alabama and we take with us many amazing memories," Miss Terry wrote on the Nick's Kids Foundation Facebook page.
"We hope that the Saban legacy will be about helping others and making a positive difference in people's lives as well as the winning tradition on the field. Our Nick's Kids Foundation will continue to help children, student, and teacher causes in the State of Alabama. The rules for the game of football may change, but the ‘process’ will never go out of style: hard work, discipline, the relentless pursuit of a worthy goal, not cutting corners, and doing things the right way for the sake of constant personal improvement, not for the scoreboard. Alabama will always feel like 'Sweet Home' to our family, and we'll be cheering ‘Roll Tide’!”
Nick and Terry Saban started the Nick's Kids Foundation in 1988, while Nick Saban was the head coach at Michigan State. As the official charity of the Saban Family, the foundation hosts luncheons, golf tournaments, and more to carry out its mission statement:
"To work together in the spirit of faith and giving in our community.
To promote and support children, family, teacher and student causes. It's all about the kids!"
Since Nick and Terry arrived in Tuscaloosa, over $12 million has been distributed to students, teachers and children’s causes at over 150 charities through the Nick’s Kids Foundation.
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