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Best Options for Head Coach of Alabama After Nick Saban's Retirement

Related Topics: Nick Saban, Dan Lanning, Lane Kiffin

The college football universe tilted on its axis Wednesday afternoon with the shocking news that longtime Alabama head football coach Nick Saban was retiring.

Chris Low @ClowESPN

Nick Saban is retiring, sources tell ESPN. He won six national titles at Alabama.

The 72-year-old is arguably the greatest college football head coach of all time, winning seven national titles throughout his career (including the one at LSU and six during his 17-year reign in Tuscaloosa), amassing a 292-71-1 in 28 seasons and capturing 12 conference titles.

So the biggest question now becomes: Where does the nation's top powerhouse of the past two decades turn from here?