Alabama head football coach Nick Saban is retiring and heading to Florida.
After 17 seasons and six national championships with the Crimson Tide and a coaching career spanning 50 years, including a stint with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, Saban, 72, called it quits Wednesday.
The legendary coach’s announcement sent fans to his statue at Bryant-Denny Stadium, leaving offerings like oatmeal cream pie cookies, pom-poms and a balloon reading “Get Well Soon.”
But Saban is still alive and well, and possibly looking forward to golfing near the Florida home he bought last year.
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Former Alabama head coach bought home for $17.5 million
Saban bought a luxurious, six-bedroom home in Jupiter Island under an LLC named At High Tide in April 2023 for $17.5 million, according to previous reporting by the Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY…
