Nick Saban’s retirement started a chain reaction that led to millions of dollars in raises for coaches at other school
Nick Saban’s retirement left a big hole in the college football coaching ranks.Ryan Kang/Getty Images
- Nick Saban’s retirement started a domino effect among college football head coaches.
- Coaches scrambled to land the coveted Alabama role and the jobs that opened after it was filled.
- Four head coaches and many assistants got big pay raises thanks to Saban’s retirement.
Saban was a head coach for 28 seasons, including the last 17 at the University of Alabama. He led teams to seven national championships, six with the Crimson Tide.
When the position of head football coach at one of the top programs opens up, it inevitably causes a ripple effect throughout the college football world, with coaches and agents scrambling to land that coveted job and the other jobs that open up when coaches start moving.
Somebody needs to replace Saban. Somebody will need to replace that coach, and so on.
Here is a look at the coaches who have already been impacted by Saban’s retirement and the raises they are getting.
