TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Crimson Tide head football coach Nick Saban's hip-replacement surgery went well on Monday.
"Coach Saban underwent successful robotic assisted right hip replacement surgery this afternoon with our hip specialist, Dr. Benton Emblom and the team at Andrews Sports Medicine," team surgeon Lyle Cain of the Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Alabama, said in a one-paragraph statement released by the team Monday evening. "Coach is resting comfortably and we anticipate a full recovery.
"He should be able to return to work in the very near future, and we’ll have him back out on the golf course, with hopefully a few more yards off the tee, as soon as possible.