Nick Saban left an incredible legacy at Alabama after building one of the greatest dynasties in modern college football history. None of that would have happened if Saban chose to stay at LSU, and he admits that leaving Baton Rouge for the Miami Dolphins is his biggest professional regret.

Nick Saban acknowledges leaving LSU to coach the Miami Dolphins was the biggest mistake of his coaching career.

Nick Saban, the greatest college football coach of all time, didn't always make the right decisions. In fact, in an interview on Ryan Clark's podcast The Pivot,

Over the course of his legendary coaching career, Nick Saban has seen it all, but his most important moment, according to the seven-time national champion himself, might surprise the masses. During an appearance on the latest episode of The Pivot Podcast,

Nick Saban, one of the most successful head coaches in college football history, recently opened up about his biggest career regret, a decision tied to his brief stint in the NFL.

On former Tiger Ryan Clark’s “The Pivot” podcast, Saban said leaving LSU was “the biggest mistake I ever made,” throughout his storied career. “I found out in that experience that I like coaching in college better because you can develop players personally, academically, athletically, and all that a little more than in pro ball,” Saban said.

Nick Saban was never a guy who liked to compare or even rank. That was coach Nick Saban. But, this is ESPN college football analyst Nick Saban. “I like the guys who were always in my office because they were screwing up,

Nick Saban almost made a decision decades ago that would've prevented his entire career as Alabama's head football coach.