Nick Saban coached his final college football game on Jan. 1, 2024, when the Alabama Crimson Tide lost 27-20 to the Michigan Wolverines in the Rose Bowl at the College Football Playoff semifinal. At the time, no one knew it would be his last game, but he ultimately retired from coaching just nine days later.

No Saban staff displays this more than the 2015 Alabama team, which went 14-1 en route to its first College Football Playoff National Championship. Underneath Saban, the coaching staff included Kirby Smart, Lane Kiffin, Billy Napier and Dan Lanning.

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have been one of the better stories across college football this season, but coach Brent Key is not letting his players

Tale of the Tape will regularly appear on Alabama Crimson Tide On Si/BamaCentral through the 2025 and 2026 college football seasons. Christopher Walsh is the author of the 2014 book "Nick Saban vs. College Football: The Case for College Football's Greatest Coach."

As Alabama football prepares for its home opener against Louisiana Monroe, one question about the Crimson Tide remains at the forefront of former coach Nick Saban's mind. "I think the question everybody has − fans coaches and even players: why?

Nick Saban not only recruited Alabama Crimson Tide football coach Kalen DeBoer's starting quarterback for the 2025 season, but he kept him in Tuscaloosa.

The former Crimson Tide head coach was notorious for notching big wins, but he never quite posted a score like the last week's home opener against ULM.

Nick Saban didn't have a good answer for Pat McAfee when asked about Alabama Crimson Tide football coach Kalen DeBoer's hot seat.

Eddie Conyers has been a referee during University of Alabama football practices since the 1960s. Recruited by famed coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, Conyers, now 97, is mentoring and training officials.