Former LSU head football coach [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] has retired. Chris Low of ESPN first reported the news of his retirement.
The head coach of the Tigers from 2000-04, Saban is best known for bringing the program its first national championship in nearly 50 years in 2003. He finished his career in Baton Rouge with a 48-16 record, winning a pair of SEC Championships and Sugar Bowls.
Saban had a coaching career that spanned four decades, making stops at Toledo, Michigan State, with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and at Alabama, where he won six national titles.
Saban is the fifth-winningest coach in LSU history, ranking behind fellow national champions [autotag]Les Miles[/autotag] and [autotag]Ed Orgeron[/autotag] but ahead of [autotag]Paul Dietzel[/autotag], who led the Tigers to a national title in 1958.
Nick Saban is retiring, sources tell ESPN. He won six national titles at Alabama.
— Chris Low (@ClowESPN) January 10, 2024
He leaves quite a legacy as one of four Tigers head coaches to win a national title.
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