Nick Saban is adamant he won’t be coaching football again anytime soon.
The legendary Alabama head coach confirmed this on Fox’s “Fox and Friends” show on Friday, after rumors circulated last week of a potential return to the gridiron.
Saban finally 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 trustworthy source that Saban would return to coaching in the future.
These comments caused a media firestorm with multiple high-profile names, including Saban’s daughter and other SEC coaches, chiming in about the possibility of his return.
Saban is now working as a host for ESPN’s “College GameDay,” and his work proved to be noteworthy off the field last season, so much so that he won a Sports Emmy award for Outstanding Personality/Emerging On-Air Talent.
The seven-time national championship winner also works with the Alabama Football team as an adviser.
With the two jobs, Saban never thought about a possible return to coaching 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.”
The only time he thought about a return was due to the household chores he was forced to do by his wife, 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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