After reports surfaced that Nick Saban would entertain a comeback in coaching, Urban Meyer said the former Alabama coach would rather jump to the NFL than return to college.
Where Did The Nick Saban Coaching Rumors Begin?
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— McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning (@macandcube) July 14, 2025
Earlier this week, former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy revealed that a source he spoke to is “adamant” that Saban will be coaching again.
“A very much in the know person that I have a lot of respect for and have spent a lot of time around, and just really, really admire — they seem to think Nick Saban is not done coaching. He’s pretty adamant that he thinks Nick Saban will be coaching again,” McElroy said on McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning.
“If it wasn’t someone notable, I would never say a word. He is of firm belief that Nick Saban will coach in college football again,” McElroy added.
McElroy quarterbacked Saban’s first national championship team at Alabama during the 2009 season. McElroy also works with Saban as a college football analyst at ESPN.
In January 2024, Saban retired, and Alabama hired former Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer to be his successor.
Would the 73-year-old Saban jump back into college football this quickly? Saban’s daughter, Kristen, doesn’t think so.
“Apparently some of y’all feel trolled by my last story of Nick’s walkout … he’s not coming back to coaching, hate to break it to you,” Kristen wrote on Instagram. “You had your time.”
Nick Saban’s daughter Kristen decides to Curb-stomp the comeback rumors on her IG story… pic.twitter.com/naQiVIOU5o
— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) July 17, 2025
Would Nick Saban Coach In The NFL?
"Very little to no chance he would get involved in college. But I think he would take phone calls from the NFL."@colincowherd and @CoachUrbanMeyer discuss the possibility of Nick Saban returning to the NFL pic.twitter.com/GjLOs0I1mY
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) July 17, 2025
With college football off the table, would Saban try the NFL again?
While appearing on The Herd with Colin Cowherd, Meyer downplayed the rumors that Saban would coach again in college. However, Meyer didn’t rule out a jump to the NFL for Saban.
“I don’t think he [Saban] would go back to college. I don’t see that fit,” Meyer said. “The whole idea that ‘Where the heck is Alabama? Why are they not in the top 10 in spending?’ I don’t understand that one. And coach DeBoer, I’d be asking some hard questions, say ‘What’s the problem here? We can’t compete, we can’t pay our players.’ So I agree with you. I would say very little to no chance he would get involved in college, but I think he would take phone calls from the NFL.”
Saban is arguably the greatest college football coach of all time. However, he struggled as an NFL head coach.
Saban went 15-17 in two seasons as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins (2005-2006). Saban left Miami to coach the Alabama Crimson Tide in January 2007.
