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College Football Legend Nick Saban Is Retiring

END OF AN ERA

Saban, 72, won six national championships and nine SEC titles as the head coach at Alabama.

Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban
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Legendary college football coach Nick Saban is retiring after 17 seasons at Alabama, where he built one of the longest-running dynasties in the sport, according to multiple reports. Saban, 72, won six national championships—as well as a seventh at LSU—and nine SEC championships, as well as a stunning record of 44 first-round draft picks, according to the Tuscaloosa News. He most recently led the Crimson Tide back to the College Football Playoff this year, though the team ultimately lost to Michigan in the Rose Bowl.

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