Legendary former Alabama football coach Nick Saban looks pretty comfortable as an analyst for ESPN’s “College GameDay,” but one of his former proteges believes he may return to coaching.

That coaching career, however, might still have some life in it as former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy said on Monday that he heard from a very good source that Saban is "not

Greg McElroy, the former Alabama quarterback and now an ESPN/SEC Network analyst, opined Monday that Saban, who retired after the 2023 season, could get back into coaching. McElroy downplayed it later, but by then SEC coaches were being asked about it, especially those who worked for Saban.