Trips to the pharmacy, getting the mail and fishing his grandson out of sand traps. That's life now for the college football coaching legend.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The stress level of former Alabama football coach Nick Saban is down exponentially these days, though there are some harrowing moments."The challenge is keeping him out of the sand traps," Saban said."He likes to play in the sand. That's about the most stress I've had."
"When you're in a rat race like he's been, you could never really step away and appreciate what you've accomplished," said Alabama head athletic trainer Jeff Allen, the only football staff member Saban brought to the Tide who was there for his entire tenure. "I mean, it was just deadline after deadline after deadline. Even when I was driving to the lake to go on vacation, I'd be in a hurry, and for what? But that's just how you were built."any debate about who was in charge of Alabama's football program, but Saban has often joked that his wife of 52 years, Terry, was the family member most proficient at giving orders.
For Nick Saban, golf outings with 3-year-old grandson James are the closest thing he has to stress most days. Another commandment calls for Saban to alter his behavior when they are settling in on the couch. For years, when Terry would get a blanket for herself, she always picked one up for Saban.Terry has enrolled Saban into her own version of a"Tech 101" class.
Saban is part-owner of multiple car dealerships, including a Ferrari dealership in Nashville and a Mercedes-Benz dealership in Birmingham. He has a stake in a boutique hotel, The Alamite, in downtown Tuscaloosa. She joked that Saban has now learned where all the light switches are in the house and has taken to getting the mail. He even opens up some of the bills now.Kristen is confident her dad will continue to evolve and adapt in retirement, much as he did when he was coaching. But don't expect him to show up on social media.
And don't expect Saban to make many grocery store runs, as Kristen and Terry learned their lesson a few years ago when the family was at their old home in Boca Grande, Florida. They sent Saban to the store to restock the fridge with ketchup, mustard and other condiments, and to fill the car with gas. But the perfectionist in Saban quickly became a problem.
He will keep an office on campus, but not in the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility where it had been for the past 17 years. His new office is located above the south end zone of Bryant-Denny Stadium, the opposite side from the Walk of Champions and Saban's statue, so he won't have to walk past the 9-foot bronze likeness of himself every morning. His office is modest in size with no windows, and his desk is the same one he had at the football complex.
His desk is surrounded by a stack of boxes filled with notes going back more than 20 years. He's in the process of consolidating his notes from some of the talks he had with coaches and players.
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