{"id":15162,"date":"2025-07-23T05:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T05:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/15162\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T05:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T05:03:08","slug":"dark-horse-nfl-job-has-been-mentioned-for-nick-saban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/15162\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Horse NFL Job Has Been Mentioned For Nick Saban"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dark Horse NFL Job Has Been Mentioned For Nick Saban<\/a> originally appeared on The Spun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nick Saban has retired from coaching and indicated no interest in returning. Alas, pundits keep guessing where Saban could coach next.<\/p>\n

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Speculation has surfaced about Saban pursuing a comeback after a year away from the sidelines. Former quarterback Greg McElroy, who played under Saban at Alabama, sparked the flames<\/a> when claiming a notable source believes the 73-year-old will coach again.<\/p>\n

The chatter has shifted beyond college and toward a possible return to the NFL. Paul Finebaum pitched<\/a> a Miami Dolphins reunion last week, and two Fox Sports recent personalities made their cases for two AFC North rivals.<\/p>\n

Colin Cowherd said Tuesday<\/a> that the Cleveland Browns should hire Saban to coach Arch Manning if they land the No. 1 draft pick next year. While Nick Wright would “definitely” consider Saban if he ran an NFL franchise, he doesn’t see the seven-time national champion taking on a long-term project.<\/p>\n

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“If I’m Nick Saban and I want to do this, I’m not that interested in a top-down rebuild,” Wright said on The Herd. “I’m much more interested in, I got three or four years. Let me see if I can have a contender immediately.”<\/p>\n

Wright suggested that Saban could instead make sense for the Cincinnati Bengals if they stumble in 2025.<\/p>\n

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TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA – SEPTEMBER 7: former University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban is honored with a ceremony dedicating the field in his name during the halftime break between the Alabama Crimson Tide and South Florida Bulls at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 7, 2024 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Brandon Sumrall\/Getty Images)Brandon Sumrall&sol;Getty Images<\/p>\n

“I think the Bengals, who if they miss the playoffs again will probably be looking for a new head coach, I think they can be an attractive one,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Most coaches would love the opportunity to work with Joe Burrow. Saban knows the quarterback pretty well, as he ran roughshod over the SEC when leading LSU to a national championship during a historically dominant 2019 season.<\/p>\n

Burrow has already guided the Bengals to an AFC title, but they’ve missed the playoffs in consecutive 9-8 seasons. While Burrow returned from a wrist injury to amass 4,918 passing yards and 43 touchdowns last season, the defense finished 25th in points and yards allowed.<\/p>\n

Head coach Zac Taylor could spend his seventh season on the hot seat if Cincinnati doesn’t revert into a title contender. Of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean Saban is next in line to take the job.<\/p>\n

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Related: Paul Finebaum Has 1 Coaching Job In Mind For Nick Saban<\/a><\/p>\n

Dark Horse NFL Job Has Been Mentioned For Nick Saban<\/a> first appeared on The Spun on Jul 22, 2025<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by The Spun<\/a> on Jul 22, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dark Horse NFL Job Has Been Mentioned For Nick Saban originally appeared on The Spun. Nick Saban has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[1214,708,64,63,1252,1238,16753,629,1233,593,16751,16752,16754,85],"class_list":["post-15162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-arch-manning","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-colin-cowherd","tag-joe-burrow","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-nfl","tag-nick-saban","tag-nick-wright","tag-paul-finebaum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}