Nick Saban is adamant he won’t be teaching soccer again anytime quickly.
The legendary Alabama head coach confirmed this on Fox’s “Fox and Friends” present on Friday, after rumors circulated last week of a potential return to the gridiron.
Saban lastly put his foot down during the program.
“There is no opportunity that I know of right now that would enhance me to go back to coaching,” Saban said. “I enjoy what I’m doing. I did it for 50 years — I loved it. I loved the relationships with the players. I loved the competition. But it’s another station of life now.”
Last week, former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy said he heard from a reliable supply that Saban would return to teaching in the future.
These feedback triggered a media firestorm with a number of high-profile names, including Saban’s daughter and other SEC coaches, chiming in about the chance of his return.
Nick Saban Coaching in 2023. Getty Images
Saban is now working as a host for ESPN’s “College GameDay,” and his work proved to be noteworthy off the subject last season, so much so that he won a Sports Emmy award for Outstanding Personality/Emerging On-Air Talent.
The seven-time nationwide championship winner also works with the Alabama Football team as an adviser.
With the two jobs, Saban never thought about a potential return to teaching until rumors went wild.
“It’s amazing to me that came up in the media and the media speaks for you, and thinks for you,” Saban said. “I never really ever had a thought about getting back into coaching until two days ago.”
Nick Saban talks to the media at Indianapolis for the championship sport in 2022. AP
The only time he thought about a return was due to the family chores he was pressured to do by his spouse, Terry Saban.
“Miss. Terry said I had to run the sweeper in the entire downstairs,” Saban said. “While I was running the sweeper, the thought occurred to me, when you were a coach, you had a heck of a lot better job than this. So that’s the only time I considered it.”
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