Did Nick Saban Coach In The Nfl?
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Many people are curious about whether or not Nick Saban, the famous college football coach, ever coached in the NFL. The answer is no, he did not.
Saban’s Time in the NFL
Nick Saban is well-known for his time as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide, but did you know that he actually got his start in the NFL? That’s right, Saban was the defensive coordinator for the Houston Oilers in the early ’90s. Let’s take a look at Saban’s time in the NFL.
Cleveland Browns
In 1991, Saban was hired by the Cleveland Browns, then a franchise in turmoil. He became defensive coordinator in his second season after Bill Belichick, the head coach, fired the previous coordinator. The Browns improved from 3-13 to 7-9 in Saban’s first season as coordinator and then to 11-5 in 1994, when they qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1989.
Miami Dolphins
Saban coached the Miami Dolphins for two seasons, from 2005 to 2006, before resigning to take the head coaching position at Alabama. In his second season with the Dolphins, Saban led the team to an AFC East divisional championship and the franchise’s first playoff berth in eight years. The team finished the season with a 10–6 record and lost to eventual Super Bowl champions the Pittsburgh Steelers in the wild card round of the playoffs.
Why He Left
Nick Saban is one of the most successful college football coaches of all time. He’s also one of the most controversial. Why did he leave the NFL? Some say it was because he couldn’t handle the pressure. Others say it was because he wanted more control over his team. Let’s take a look at the facts.
Family
Nick Saban is one of the most successful coaches in college football history. He’s also one of the most controversial. In 2006, he left the Miami Dolphins — where he’d been head coach for just two seasons — to return to his alma mater, the University of Alabama.
Saban has said that one of the reasons he left the NFL was to spend more time with his family. And it’s true that coaching at Alabama — which is just a few hours from Saban’s home state of West Virginia — does allow him to do that. But it’s also worth noting that, at the time Saban left the Dolphins, he was embroiled in a contract dispute with team owner H. Wayne Huizenga.
In any case, Saban has been very successful at Alabama, winning five national championships in 12 years. He shows no signs of leaving anytime soon.
Lack of Job Satisfaction
In 2000, Nick Saban was hired by the Miami Dolphins as their new head coach. He was coming off of a successful run as the head coach of LSU, where he led the team to a national championship in 2003.
Saban only coached the Dolphins for two seasons, compiling a record of 9-7 in his first season and then 6-10 in his second and final season with the team. He announed his resignation from the team on Christmas Eve in 2006, citing a lack of job satisfaction.
Many have speculated that Saban’s real reason for leaving the Dolphins was because he was offered the head coaching job at Alabama, which he accepted just a few weeks later. Saban has denied these rumors, but it’s clear that there was some level of dissatisfaction with his time in Miami.
His Return to College Football
After spending two seasons as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, Nick Saban decided to return to college football. He became the head coach of the University of Alabama’s football team in 2007. Saban has since led the team to five national championships.
The University of Alabama
Nick Saban is one of the most successful coaches in college football history. He has won six national championships, five with the University of Alabama and one with Louisiana State University. He is also the only coach to win a national championship in both the Football Bowl Subdivision and the Football Championship Subdivision.
Saban began his coaching career as an assistant coach at the University of Maryland in 1973. He then spent time as an assistant coach at Kent State University, Syracuse University, West Virginia University, and Ohio State University. In 1990, he was hired as the head coach of theUniversity of Toledo. He then became the head coach at Michigan State University in 1995.
In 1999, Saban was hired as the head coach of Louisiana State University. He led LSU to a national championship in 2003 and again in 2007. He left LSU after the 2004 season to become the head coach of the Miami Dolphins. He coached the Dolphins for two seasons before returning to college football to become the head coach at Alabama in 2007.
At Alabama, Saban has won five national championships (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2017). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest college football coaches of all time.
National Championships
Nick Saban is an American football coach who has been very successful at the collegiate level. He has coached four different teams to a national championship, including three at Alabama. This makes him one of the most successful college football coaches of all time.
Prior to coaching at the collegiate level, Saban coached in the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons. He was the head coach of the Miami Dolphins for one season and then returned to college coaching after that.
