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Nick Saban divulges ‘biggest mistake’ of his professional coaching career

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Longtime head coach, now ESPN college football analyst Nick Saban revealed what he feels is the biggest mistake of his coaching career in The Pivot Podcast.

The mistake was leaving LSU for the National Football League to coach the Miami Dolphins. Saban made this apparent when asked by former LSU and Pittsburgh Steelers’ defensive back, Ryan Clark.

“You ain’t gonna like this when I say this,” Saban said. “But, I think sometimes you have to learn about yourself and you might think things. When I left LSU, that was probably professionally the biggest mistake that I ever made.