It didn’t take long in Nick Saban’s “College GameDay” career for him to be up for some hardware.
The former Alabama football coach was nominated for “Outstanding Personality/Emerging On-Air Talent” at the 46th annual Sports Emmy Awards.
Saban is nominated along with Prime Video’s Ryan Fitzpatrick, ESPN’s Jason Kelce, Prime Video’s Richard Sherman and CBS/TNT’s Jay Wright.
The ceremony will take place May 20 in New York City.
After his illustrious career at Alabama, Saban joined ESPN’s “College GameDay” as an analyst. He was also named as an inductee for the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame.
“Any time anything like this happens, it’s because you had a lot of great people in your organization,” Saban said. “A lot of great players, a lot of great coaches, a lot of support staff. And they made a great team. I was happy to drive the bus, but we had some great people on it.”
Between 2007-23, Saban led Alabama to six national championships and 201 wins: the second-most wins at a single school in SEC history. Only Bear Bryant had more with 232 wins in 25 seasons.
Saban’s seven national championships — six at Alabama and one at LSU — is more than any coach in the modern college football era.
Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@gannett.com or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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