Nick Saban's retirement as Alabama's head football coach had a major chain reaction that led to many talented players hitting the transfer portal last January. One star defection opened up about that choice on Saturday.

A year after his retirement, former Alabama coach Nick Saban continues to defy predictions that he wouldn't stay long in Tuscaloosa. He's still here.

When Nick Saban announced his retirement in January 2024, Alabama players had a 30-day transfer portal open. A slew of Crimson Tide players opted to enter – including Caleb Downs, who committed to Ohio State.

But Alabama basketball head coach Nate Oats was still able to point to the results from legendary Alabama football head coach Nick Saban when trying to teach and direct his team this week after a "disgusting" home loss to Ole Miss on Tuesday.

Before he was “The Ruler” of NXT and winner of the NXT Championship and the NXT North American Championship, he was Isaac Odugbesan of Nigeria who joined the Middle Tennessee State track team before transferring to Alabama, where he won the 2021 SEC indoor and outdoor shot put titles and defended his indoor title the following year.

Nick Saban spent his first year of retirement plenty busy. The former Alabama football coach spent his Saturdays in cities from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Columbus ...

The National Football Foundation announced on Friday that former Alabama football coach Nick Saban has been selected as part of the 2025 class of the College Football Hall of Fame. Saban is the first of the 2025 class to be announced.

College is now somewhat of a distant memory for Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young, as he is now two years deep into his NFL career and is beginning to develop into quite the player.However, Young's father still hasn't forgotten a certain little incident when his son was playing for the University of Alabama.

Grubb was briefly Alabama's offensive coordinator before taking the same job with the Seattle Seahawks, but he was fired after just one year.

that he intended to make Alabama his final coaching stop. People scoffed, calling him a coaching gypsy. COMMEMORATIVE SABAN BOOK:Order The Tuscaloosa News' special book detailing Nick Saban's 17 ...

Former Alabama coach Nick Saban was named to the College Football Hall of Fame's 2025 class on Friday. He first heard the news on "College GameDay."

Nick Saban is a year into his retirement from coaching football at the University of Alabama, yet he and Terry Saban remain active in the Tuscaloosa community.