Nick Saban's Daughter Shuts Down LSU Coaching Rumors

Since LSU Tigers Athletic Director Scott Woodward fired head coach Brian Kelly after a 5-3 start and a humbling 49-25 blowout loss to Texas A&M, there are rumors about who can take Kelly’s position. Expectedly, Nick Saban’s name caught up in that wildfire of speculations alongside Lane Kiffin, Joe Brady, James Franklin, Jon Sumrall, and Dabo Swinney. 

CFB Alerts’ listed Saban’s name along with other candidates who are supposed head coach for LSU. In a direct response to the post, Kristen Saban (daughter of Nick Saban), shut down any rumours by replying "Some of y'all are literally brain dead" to the image. 

Saban currently works as an analyst for ESPN's College Gameday and will be in Salt Lake City this weekend to discuss Utah vs Cincinnati as part of the Week 10 coverage.

It's not the first time Saban's name resurfaces after the Crimson Tide head coach retired. After James Franklin’s career ended at Penn State, he already clarified that he has no plan to go back, at least not in CFB.

“I wanna stay retired. No way, I have so much fun working with you. Why would I go do that?” Saban said to Pat McAfee recently.

Saban has remained one of the NIL eras staunchest critics and in January he clearly stated, “I loved coaching pro ball, and if I were going to coach today, based on the circumstances in college and in the NFL, I would coach in the NFL, because all those things in college have changed.”

However, looking at Nick Saban’s overall coaching record in college football, where he coached for more than five decades, which includes a combined 22 years at LSU and Alabama, it makes sense why his name came across every time a major team has a coaching vacancy. 

In his tenure at Louisiana State University, he made the Tigers a national contender by winning the SEC championship in 2001, ending 14 long years of championship drought. 

So, while it's no surprise that LSU fans dream of a Nick Saban comeback—as his legendary record in Baton Rouge and Tuscaloosa speaks for itself—it's pretty clear that's all it is: a dream. Between Saban himself saying he's happily retired (and would choose the NFL over college anyway) and his daughter Kristen flat-out calling the rumors "brain dead," it's safe to say the Tigers will have to look elsewhere.