Nick Saban Breaks Silence on Big Personal Announcement

On January 10, 2024, legendary head coach Nick Saban announced his retirement from coaching at the age of 72. Now, a year later at 73, it's quite remarkable just how successful he has become away from the sidelines, after dedicating the last 28 years to coaching.

Following all of his success at the collegiate level, Saban revealed that he would be joining ESPN's "College GameDay" for the foreseeable future, and the show had a record-breaking year during his first season.

That success has led to Saban doing extensive coverage on college football, several weekly interviews with "The Pat McAfee Show," and most recently providing NFL draft coverage for the network.

All of this media work led to him being nominated for a Sports Emmy Award for "Outstanding Personality/Emerging On-Air Talent," with the ceremony set to take place Tuesday in New York City.

Hours before the event, Saban spoke about what the nomination means to him during an appearance at his "Nick’s Kids Foundation:"

"It's a new experience, a lot of people helped contribute to learning how to do it, so I sort of appreciate them and thank them for that," Saban said. "We've got a really good team of people who have lots of experience that I think helped me fit into the program and hopefully we created some value of some sort. So it's always an honor to be nominated for anything, but there's always so many people that contribute to it."