When followers make a brief checklist of the perfect faculty soccer coaches of all-time, Alabama coach Nick Saban is at all times close to (or at) the highest of that checklist. He dominated faculty soccer for components of three many years, successful seven nationwide titles (one at LSU and 6 at Alabama).
On Wednesday, that storied teaching profession got here to an finish.
In accordance with a report from ESPN’s Chris Low, the Alabama coach knowledgeable his staff that he’s retiring.
Nick Saban is retiring, sources inform ESPN. He received six nationwide titles at Alabama.
— Chris Low (@ClowESPN) January 10, 2024
In his closing season at Alabama, the Crimson Tide upset ended Georgia’s 29-game successful streak within the SEC Championship Sport. Alabama made the Faculty Soccer Playoff earlier than shedding within the semifinal on the Rose Bowl towards Michigan.
Saban will end at Alabama with a outstanding 206-29 file (297-71 total) and 6 nationwide titles with the Tide.
Faculty soccer followers had been understandably shocked by the information — even when all of us knew this present day would finally arrive. It’s the top of an period.
