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Colin Cowherd has bold prediction for Nick Saban's coaching future

Thanks for the opinion, Colin Cowherd, but this one just seems a bit far-fetched.
ByEricka Brockish|
Jan 9, 2025; Miami, FL, USA; ESPN analyst Nick Saban before the game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images
Jan 9, 2025; Miami, FL, USA; ESPN analyst Nick Saban before the game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images | Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images

Colin Cowherd has had some terrible takes in the past, but his latest just might be his worst. News broke last week that there is a person "in the know" who believes that Nick Saban will return to coaching, which has completely sent the college world into a frenzy. Of course, every single media personality has taken this information and run with it, and Cowherd ran in the completely wrong direction.

Cowherd went on his show and said he is convinced that if Saban returns to coaching, it won't be in the college ranks; instead, it will be in the NFL, and it absolutely will be with the Dallas Cowboys. Someone may want to remind Cowherd that the Cowboys just hired a new head coach, and he still deserves some time to see if he will be successful or not.

Saban already coached in the NFL, and he was nowhere near as successful there as he was in college. The legendary Alabama coach started as a defensive coordinator with the Cleveland Browns from 1991 to 1994 and then went back to college for some time before he tried his hand at a head coaching position with the Miami Dolphins from 2005 to 2006. As the Dolphins' head coach, Saban went 15-17 and then took the job at Alabama.

This is not to say that Saban wouldn't be successful in the NFL now, but he left the Dolphins for a reason, and it seems like he also left coaching for a reason. Saban has been an analyst on ESPN College Gameday for the last year, and many have learned to love him on the show, loving his insight into the game and college football in general.

It doesn't seem like Saban would just drop all of that to go back to the NFL. If he is going to return to coaching, it seems he could come back to the college ranks. Also, let's face it, he may not want to take over the dumpster fire that is the Dallas Cowboys right now, and working with Jerry Jones would most likely be explosive.

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