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Yahoo
7 hours ago
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Colin Cowherd Thinks Nick Saban Will Be The Next Dallas Cowboys Coach
Colin Cowherd Thinks Nick Saban Will Be The Next Dallas Cowboys Coach originally appeared on The Spun. Colin Cowherd has an idea about what former college football head coach Nick Saban has planned for the future. It involves taking over a certain NFL team situated in Dallas and craving new leadership. On the latest episode of The Herd, Cowherd asserted that he believes Saban will be the next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys if things go south with current head coach Brian Schottenheimer. He declared that he's "convinced" Saban will return to the NFL. "I am convinced Nick Saban is returning to coach in the NFL and it will be with the Dallas Cowboys… @AlbertBreer doesn't think it's the craziest idea he's ever heard," Cowherd wrote on X. NFL and college football fans quickly dismissed Cowherd's proclamation. Many have pointed out that Saban would never tolerate Cowboys owner Jerry Jones due to Jones' penchant for meddling with his coaches. Others pointed out that Cowherd has been wrong about too many big things to be trusted on this one. "With Jerry? C'mon - Saban couldn't and wouldn't tolerate the Jones boys meddling. Not a chance in Haiti is Nick in Dallas," one user remarked. "You were also convinced the Pittsburgh Steelers should trade Tj Watt George Pickens and three first rounders for Shedeur Sanders," another pointed out. "I'm convinced you are off your rocker," a third wrote. "He already did the NFL thing. He already walked away. And unless the man WAKES UP CRAVING STRESS and CHAOS - this AIN'T happening. I'm not sayin' it's impossible…but I'm tellin' you RIGHT NOW, don't bet your house on it. That's a fantasy, not a forecast." Saban infamously served as head coach of the Miami Dolphins from 2005 to 2006. After going a respectable 9-7 in his first year, he went 6-10 the next year and resigned in order to take the Alabama job. From there, he became one of the greatest coaches in college football history. Perhaps Cowherd thinks that Saban's ego will compel him to try and become one of the very few coaches to win both a national title and a Super Bowl like Jimmy Johnson and Pete Carroll have. But with seven national titles to his record, Saban doesn't need to risk a legacy bump for a shot at a legacy boost. This take from Cowherd looks like a Cowherd Thinks Nick Saban Will Be The Next Dallas Cowboys Coach first appeared on The Spun on Jul 17, 2025 This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jul 17, 2025, where it first appeared.
Daily Mail
12 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
Nick Saban's daughter speaks out on rumors legendary coach is coming out of retirement
Nick Saban is not coming out of retirement, his daughter has insisted. Rumors swirled earlier this week that the seven-time national champion at Louisiana State and Alabama was eying a return to the sidelines a couple of years after his final season in Tuscaloosa. '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,' former Crimson Tide quarterback Greg McIlroy sad on Monday's 'Mac and Cube' show in Birmingham. 'He's pretty adamant that he thinks Nick Saban will be coaching again.' Asked for his source, McIlroy opted against revealing too much but did emphasize this person is definitely a high-level college football insider. 'If it wasn't someone notable, I would never say a word,' McIlroy said. 'He is of firm belief that Nick Saban will coach in college football again.' But some would say there are no sources more reliable than Saban's own family and his daughter, Kristen, has refuted those claims. She posted a picture on her Instagram story of her dad walking onto the field with the caption: 'Damn, I miss this.' Fans thought she was fueling those claims that Saban was going to return to the sideline. But it seems she was not. '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 then said in another post. 'You had your time.' Saban retired after the 2023-24 college football season, which saw his Alabama team lose to the Michigan Wolverines in the Rose Bowl. Now a co-host on ESPN's College GameDay, Saban was replaced at Alabama by former Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer, who went 9-4 in his first season at the helm. Many speculated on social media that Saban's possible return was down to reports that Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order for NIL standards. Since 2021, and under pressure from states and the courts, the NCAA has allowed student-athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness (NIL). Student-athletes can now be compensated for merely showing up to play and can earn a profit for spokesperson gigs, clothing and autograph sales and more. Additionally, a legal ruling on June 6 allowed colleges to directly pay players via revenue sharing for the first time. The settlement of House v. NCAA marked the end of the NCAA's previous model of amateurism, in which athletes were not allowed to earn money while in school. Schools can now share up to $20.5million of their revenues with their athletes. The reports of an upcoming executive order come one day after a House subcommittee advanced a bill along party lines that would establish national standards for student-athlete sponsorships. Called the SCORE Act, the proposed legislation would supersede current state laws regulating NIL. The White House has not commented on the latest report of an NIL-related executive order, but President Trump has a long history of expressing interest in sports. He has attended many major sporting events, including several prominent college football games like the Army-Navy football game last December. Saban has been critical of the NIL funding in the past, largely because he was concerned about the effect on college football. The NIL era also has brought a rise to the transfer portal era, with thousands of students across all sports seeking to move schools - some of them for bigger paydays.
Newsweek
17 hours ago
- Sport
- Newsweek
Nick Saban's Coaching Future Receives Major NFL Update
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Nick Saban is one of the best head coaches in football history. His success at the college level, especially with the Alabama Crimson Tide, was nothing short of amazing. After taking a full season off from coaching, rumors have started circulating about Saban's future. Could he consider making a comeback to coaching? He enjoyed working in the media during his off year, but he's still capable of being an elite level head coach. With that in mind, questions have started coming up about where Saban could coach if he did decide to open up to a return to the sideline. Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts to a play during the third quarter against the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 02, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts to a play during the third quarter against the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 02, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Most college programs would likely love to have a chance to hire Saban. There are only a few teams across the country who would have no interest in the coaching legend. Read more: Longhorns' Arch Manning Sends Strong Message Ahead of Season However, there is also the possibility that Saban could look to take his talents back to the NFL. Paul Finebaum, one of the most notable reports in college football, has now weighed in on Saban's future. He doesn't see a return to the college game for Saban. "I think it's impossible to believe he will come back to college football," Finebaum said. "Nick Saban walked away two years ago for a specific reason. He had had enough of it. I think if Saban ever returned to working in sports, it would be to the NFL. That could happen; I don't think it will. I think mostly this was a non-starter [on Monday]. " Saban has coached two seasons in the NFL throughout his career. Both of those years came with the Miami Dolphins. He compiled a 15-17 record during the 2005 and 2006 seasons with the Dolphins. Read more: Cam Newton Delivers Strong Words About Detroit Lions His college career boasts a much more impressive resume. Saban ended his college coaching tenure with a 292-71-1 overall record. He won seven total college football national championships as well. Fans would love to see Saban coaching again. A return to college doesn't seem likely with his distaste for the NIL and transfer portal changes, but the NFL could be an option. More than likely, the scenario of Saban returning isn't going to become a reality. Finebaum is likely correct with his opinion on the matter. For more NFL and college football news, head over to Newsweek Sports.
Fox News
21 hours ago
- Sport
- Fox News
Inside Kirby Smart's Formula for Success: Recruit the Best and Play Everyone
Kirby Smart and his Georgia Bulldogs run the SEC. Alabama fans hate to hear it. LSU fans would like to dispute it. Texas would like us to just wait awhile. But since Kirby Smart first reached the national title game in 2018, his program has made the College Football Playoff four times in eight years and won two national championships. The only SEC coach to put together a better run than that is Nick Saban, and he doesn't coach anymore. When people were touting Kalen DeBoer's coaching record before arriving as the successor to Saban at Alabama (104-12), many seemed to forget Smart had been winning from the moment he arrived to coach one of the most storied programs in the deepest league in the sport. Consider this: Smart is 105-19 as a head coach, 53-5 over the past five years, and had already won the same number of national titles as all 11 coaches combined heading into last year's College Football Playoff. The only coach keeping pace with Smart is Dabo Swinney, whose Clemson program is the closest thing to an SEC team outside the league. Smart is the best this league has to offer, and all roads run through Athens, Georgia. The defending SEC champions haven't lost a game at home in six years, when South Carolina coach Will Muschamps made off with part of the hedges between his teeth on the way back to Columbia. That was so long ago that Muschamp has been on staff at Georgia for five years. The way that Smart has reestablished Georgia as one of the most dominant programs in the country is by using the strategy everyone else will be forced to employ in this new era of roster caps, revenue sharing and annual turnover: Recruit the best and play everyone. Georgia does not produce Heisman winners — the Bulldogs have only two in their rich football history (Frank Sinkwich and Herschel Walker). The program does not produce 1,000-yard receivers — just one all-time (Terrence Edwards)— and it hasn't produced a 1,000-yard rusher since 2019 (D'Andre Swift). Yet Georgia puts trophies in the cabinet and first-round picks into the NFL Draft, totaling 11 since 2021. Despite having a 2025 roster that is mostly made up of underclassmen, 54% according to Smart, Georgia expects to defend its SEC title and return to the CFP because most of those players, many of whom are four and five-star recruits, played significant football in 2024 and will be asked to play significant snaps again this season as young players. "We play a lot of players," Smart said this week at SEC Media Days. "I think we had the third or fourth most players over 100 snaps. So, if you come to Georgia, you expect to play. We want to give you an opportunity to play, so we get a lot of those guys reps and grow them, and we'll see where we are in fall camp at that position." Smart learned that philosophy from Saban, who, in his last year as head coach at Alabama, started a true freshman at safety: Caleb Downs. Downs led the 2023 Crimson Tide in tackles and broke a 40-year record for tackles in a season by a freshman with 107. When Saban retired, Downs transferred to Ohio State and was one of the top defenders in the country, staring for the defending national champions. It's not just identifying talent that makes Smart so good in this day and age. There are 30-plus five-star prospects coming out of high school every year, and not all of them go to Georgia. It's Smart's ability to identify the five to seven that fit his program's needs and the program culture. "You can say what you want, but there are more people in college football today, especially in the SEC, that are comfortable with where they are," Smart said. "This is a pretty good life. I'm earning 200K a year. I'm very comfortable. But you don't reach your goals being comfortable." The rest of the SEC is going to have to take notes and follow Smart's path by paying players not just with money, but with the privilege of playing early and often. Perhaps they won't create the kind of stats that lead to media members yelling their names on a regular basis, but they will develop into NFL-caliber players who make it to their second NFL contract, and they will play for championships. Nothing in college football is assured. Nothing in college football is without risk. Smart has coached through the creation of the transfer portal, the decision to allow players to play immediately after transferring within the FBS, the advent of NIL, and now, the beginning of revenue-sharing with players. None of this has stopped him or Georgia from doing what it must do to maintain its presence atop the deepest league in football. And yes, Kirby Smart is just fine with that. RJ Young is a national college football writer and analyst for FOX Sports and the host of the podcast "The Number One College Football Show." Follow him at @RJ_Young. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily!
Yahoo
a day ago
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6 Bold Nick Saban Landing Spots Following Recent Return Rumors, Including the Cleveland Browns
There are some coaches in college football and the NFL who should be worried because coaching legend Nick Saban may be on his way back to the sidelines. '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,' former Alabama QB Greg McElroy claimed this week. If the 73-year-old were to return to coaching, we offer up six bold possibilities for where Nick Saban could end up in 2026. Alabama Let's be real. If Kalen DeBoer doesn't show progress in his second season as the coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide, the school's decision-makers would jump at the chance to replace him with the man he replaced. Saban created an absurd standard for the program by winning six national championships in Tuscaloosa. The only person who could realistically maintain it would be the individual who set it. New York Giants New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll is in the hottest seat in the NFL right now. If the G-Men aren't near playoff contention or better this season, he will be out. While Saban may seem too long in the tooth to take on a rebuild NFL job like this, the organization has shown interest in the college football icon multiple times in the past. West Virginia It has been over a decade since West Virginia was consistently flirting with double-digit win seasons. But what if Saban went back home to turn the program into a major college football program? The coaching legend grew up a half hour from Morgantown in Fairmont, WV. Returning to his roots for his final job in the game would be a fascinating storyline and something we have seen with many legendary athletes at the end of their careers. Florida Gators While college football programs don't fire head coaches as fast as they do in the NFL, they aren't far off. It seems like four years is the amount of time major schools give a coach to turn their football teams into playoff contenders. That means the pressure will be on Florida Gators coach Billy Napier in 2025. If he can't take another step forward this year, the idea of replacing him with Nick Saban could be an idea too good for Florida decision-makers to turn down. Auburn Tigers With Saban set to turn 74 years old this year, it would be understandable if he doesn't want to uproot his life and move to another city far away if he returns to the sidelines. And as mentioned above, maybe Alabama ends up giving DeBoer at least four seasons to keep his job. That could make Auburn a perfect landing spot for Saban. The 1980s were the last time the football program had multiple double-digit win seasons in a few years. They would love to get the coaching legend and stick it to in-state rivals Alabama in one massive move. Cleveland Browns Behind Daboll, Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski is also feeling the heat heading into the new season. If they have another losing campaign in year six, he will likely be ousted after the season. Saban served as the team's defensive coordinator back in the days when Bill Belichick was leading the staff. Cleveland would be a team desperate enough to give Saban whatever he wants to take over their program. That would surely entice the coach to go back to the NFL ranks. Related Headlines Last Stand: Five NFL Quarterbacks Fighting for Their Futures in 2025 Former Super Bowl Champ Discusses Battle With Anxiety During His NFL Career: 'Not a Game That I Played in That I Wasn't High' MLB Scout Thinks 3 Specific Trade Deadline Additions Would Guarantee Yankees World Series Return Bold UFC 318 Predictions: Will Dustin Poirier Retire with a Win on Saturday Night?
