Nick Saban has accomplished just about everything in the world of college football. At 73, his journey in the sport dates back to his playing days in 1970. The only time he stepped away from college football was during a brief stint as head coach of the Miami Dolphins and as an assistant for the Cleveland Browns and Houston Oilers in the NFL.

Even in his retirement from coaching, former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban is still winning awards. Announced on Tuesday night, Saban has won the 2025 Sports Emmy Award for "outstanding personality/emerging on-air talent" from his role on ESPN's flagship college football morning show "College GameDay" this past season.

Now that he is not wearing the head coach cap anymore, Nick Saban unreservedly picked his favorite from the talk-of-the-town Crimson Tide QB battle.Saban naming his former five-star recruit from the class of 2022,

Nick Saban he is rooting for Ty Simpson. The former Alabama coach was asked Tuesday during the annual golf tournament for his Nick’s Kids Foundation about the Crimson Tide quarterback.