Nick Saban Calls His 2005 Departure From LSU to the Miami Dolphins “Biggest Mistake Ever”

Most people agree that Nick Saban is the best college football coach of all time. He was the most successful head coach in the history of the sport, having won seven national titles. In his 17 years in Alabama, he won six of them championships. The first of his career, but the eighth, occurred at LSU. Even with this disparity, Saban feels bad about leaving Baton Rouge.

The Pivot podcast was where Saban made his admission. When asked if there was anything he “wished he had done differently” during his coaching career, Ryan Clark, who was a player for Saban with the Tigers from 2000 to 2001, responded. Saban instantly thought of his 2005 move to the Miami Dolphins from LSU.

Nick Saban details his move to Dolphins

However, he asserted that the relocation enabled him to at last uncover his genuine passion for coaching.

He said on Pivot podcast: “Sometimes you have to learn about yourself… when I left LSU, that was probably, professionally, the biggest mistake that I ever made. Not because we didn’t have success in Miami, cause I enjoyed coaching in Miami. But I found out in that experience that I like coaching in college better… even though I loved the status of coaching in pro football.”

This realization sent him back to the NCAA, where he duplicated and outperformed Paul “Bear” Bryant’s gold standard at the same school.

Eventually, Saban delivered on his promise. Miles and Ed Orgeron helped LSU win the titles in 2007 and 2019, so they haven’t been forgotten since Saban. But one of the most important “what if?” questions in college football history will always be what the Tigers and Crimson Tide might have been if Saban had never made the leap to the professional ranks.

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