Nick Saban is undoubtedly one of the best and most recognized coaches in all of sports. With a career that includes stays with some of the top college and pro football teams in the country, the 62-year-old native of Fairmont, West Virginia continues to add to his already stellar legacy. Saban joined the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2007 after spending the previous two seasons with the NFL's Miami Dolphins and even though the former Kent State defensive back has won three titles in seven seasons with the Tide, multiple reports indicate that Saban may be open to the idea of taking another high profile job down the road if the situation presents itself.
According to ESPN, Nick Saban's agent Jimmy Sexton said that the only job the current Alabama head coach would consider leaving Tuscaloosa for would be the head coaching position at the University of Texas. "Sexton confirmed that UT is the only job Nick would possibly consider leaving Alabama for, and that his success there created special pressure for him," former Texas Regent Tom Hicks wrote recently, noting that Sexton made those comments in a Sept. 24 phone call with he and current Regent Wallace Hall on the line.
Two days after the phone call, according to USA Today, Tom Hicks spoke with Mack Brown about the possibility of the long-time Texas head coach retiring. Brown -- a 62-year-old native of Cookeville, Tennessee who won the 2005 BCS National Championship with the Longhorns -- indicated that he wanted to remain as Longhorn leader. Mack Brown's Texas team fell to Saban and Alabama in the 2009-2010 National Title game and since that time, the Crimson Tide have won two additional championships while Texas has played to an overall record of 28-18.
Though multiple reports have outlined the idea that Saban could be interested in a possible move to Texas, the head coach stated recently that he remains happy in his current role as Alabama head man and doesn't think a change would be in the cards because he's 'too damn old' to start over after building up the program at Alabama.
"I'm not really at the stage of my career where I'm looking for some other big sort of challenge," Saban said earlier this season. "We've got enough challenges right here to try to work with the players we recruited and try to continue to have a successful program for their personal, academic and athletic success.
Alabama currently sits atop the BCS Standings with a perfect 8-0 record while the Texas Longhorns, winners of five-straight, are 6-2 overall and lead the Big 12 with a 5-0 conference mark.
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