Former Alabama coach Nick Saban to be inducted into College Football Hall of Fame
Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban was selected as part of the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame class, the National Football Foundation announced Friday.
A seven-time national championship coach, Saban is the first of the 2025 class to be announced. He was informed during Friday evening’s ESPN College GameDay broadcast leading up to the College Football Playoff Semifinal contest in the Cotton Bowl between Texas and Ohio State.
Saban is the fifth Alabama coach to be elected to the College Football Hall of Fame and the 27th inductee in program history. He completed his Hall-of-Fame career at the conclusion of the 2023 season, winning six national championships with Alabama and seven overall with his first title coming at LSU in 2003.
A nine-time National Coach of the Year, Saban coached collegiate football for 28 seasons, producing a 297-71-1 (.806) record, including a 206-29 (.877) mark in Tuscaloosa. His teams at Alabama won nine SEC Championships while he captured 11 SEC titles in his career (2001 and 2003 at LSU).
Saban put his players into the NFL at a staggering rate, coaching 52 first-round draft picks in his career – the most by any coach in college football history – including 47 at Alabama. During his time in Tuscaloosa, 133 of Saban’s players were drafted into the National Football League with an astonishing 91 going in the first three rounds of the draft.
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In 2021, Bryce Young became Saban’s fourth Heisman Trophy winner, tying for the most of any coach in college football history with Notre Dame’s Frank Leahy. He is the only coach to ever coach Heisman Trophy winners at three different positions (RB, WR, QB).
The Alabama program had just six individual national award winners when Saban arrived on campus, but Crimson Tide players secured 60 national awards during his time in Tuscaloosa. His players at Alabama won 66 All-America honors by 58 different individuals.
The 2025 class will be officially inducted during the 67th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on December 9, 2025, at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The inductees will also be recognized at their respective collegiate institutions with NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salutes during the fall. Their accomplishments will forever be immortalized at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
*** This information was acquired from a recent press release from Alabama Athletics.
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