ESPN's Rece Davis Predicts Timeline For Nick Saban's Retirement

I think this year is his last year. He loves football and is a great coach, but stress kills and he's starting to look old.

After he wins one more

I give him no more than 3 straight losses to bk. 1 down, 2 to geaux tigers.

So rece thinks he will leave halfway through a season? What a dumb arse

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If he loses to the Tigers again this year, it may be too much for him to bear.

Saban does not seem to enjoy anything very much outside of coaching football. A normal human would already be hanging it up, planning on enjoying retirement, some traveling, time with the grandkids, maybe doing some guest spots on game day shows. It's easier to imagine him either having to be carried off in a coffin, or having a stroke or health issue that forces him out, than simply retiring.

After 2024. He’ll lose to Kirby at home and one more time in Tiger Stadium. I don’t think he’s going to like the new SEC.

The answer is when his health starts to become an issue. He loves what he does and isn’t stopping to spend time with family. Football is his life, as it is with most successful coaches.

At this point, I think it's pretty clear that the only person we should be listening to about Nick Saban's retirement is Nick Saban himself.

No one should want Saban to retire…college football is better with him in it.

who cares
BK has sec talent to compete with him now...

I have a glimmer of hope that he gets tired of dealing with the NIL and portal chaos. But way more likely he takes the Paterno route and coaches until he physically can’t.

At an absolute minimum he'll coach through 2026...Bama plays at West Virginia in 2026 and that will be kind of a homecoming for him. I think he goes through the 2030 season personally and the next Bama coach will begin in the 2031 season.

Doesn’t matter; former Miami Dolphins head coach Nick Saban quiet quit a couple of seasons ago.

His opinion has as much credence as my Uncle Fred’s. Uncle Fred died 8 years ago.

Miss Terry won't let him hang out at the house all day since he boinked candy Edwards. She wants him to maintain a job.

I'm not sure if he pulls a Bowden or Joe Paterno and stays beyond the fire and desire has passed. I think he is more self aware than that and will realize when his time has come. I think he truly loves the teaching aspect, the money, and he needs it. I don't know if he would know what to do with himself in retirement.

Here is a number to think about, 10. That is the number of national titles Coach Wooden won at UCLA. Coach Saban really wants to tie or break that record. He will at least tie it before considering retirement.

He's gonna go out like Bobby bowden or Bobby paterno...book it