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Bill Belichick sends well wishes to Nick Saban for speedy recovery from positive COVID-19 test

Support for Nick Saban and his family is coming from everywhere, including the National Football League.

On Wednesday, major news came from the University of Alabama as Saban and athletic director Greg Byrne both received positive test results for Coronavirus. Upon getting the information at 1:00 p.m., Saban alerted the coaches and players and went home to isolate himself. Despite the positive test, he has not showing any symptoms for the virus and said he feels fine.

With him being away from the program for now, Steve Sarkisian (Alabama’s offensive coordinator) is running the football program in Saban’s absence.