Will Nick Saban come out of retirement and coach again? Football fans have been asking that question an awful lost over the past two weeks.
Former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy recently said he heard from a “notable source” that Saban could return to the sideline to coach a college football team. Fox Sports radio host Colin Cowherd, however, reported something entirely different about the seven-time national champion.
Cowherd said the Cleveland Browns are hoping to land Saban next offseason and pair him with Texas quarterback Arch Manning. Of course, that’s only possible if Manning declares for the 2026 NFL Draft.
“Saban is incredibly close to not only Jimmy Haslam, but the Manning family as well,” Cowherd said. “If he could land a top quarterback, like Jim Harbaugh going to the Chargers for Justin Herbert, he would take a phone call for the NFL. There are two teams guaranteed to be awful this year, Cleveland and the Saints. Nick Saban has coached in Cleveland with the Browns under the [Bill] Belichick staff and he coached at LSU.”
During an appearance on “Fox and Friends” this Friday morning, Saban was asked about all the rumors.
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Saban said he considered a return to coaching, but he was really just cracking a joke about his chores around the house.
“You know, it’s amazing to me that came up in the media, and the media speaks for you and thinks for you. I never really ever had the thought about getting back into coaching until two days ago, Mrs. Terry said I had to run the sweeper in the entire downstairs,” Saban said. “So while I was running the sweeper, the thought occurred to me. When you are a coach, you have a heck of a lot better job than this. So that’s the only time I considered it.”
Saban added, “I’m really happy with what I am doing right now. It’s exciting to still be involved in the game.”
Technically speaking, Saban didn’t slam the door shut on his future. For now though, fans should expect to see him on “College GameDay” this fall.
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