Reports: Alabama to name Bryant-Denny Stadium field after Nick Saban

Alabama will honor retired football coach Nick Saban by naming the field at Bryant-Denny Stadium after him, media outlets reported Thursday. Saban won six of his seven career national championships in 17 years coaching the Crimson Tide. The Alabama university system board of trustees is scheduled to meet Friday, with a resolution on the agenda for a naming at the stadium in Tuscaloosa, ESPN reported. Tide Illustrated first reported the news, with the dedication ceremony scheduled for Sept. 7 when Alabama hosts South Florida. The Crimson Tide open their season under new head coach Kalen DeBoer against Western Kentucky on Aug. 31. Saban, 72, retired from coaching in January, finishing with a career mark of 297-71-1 -- 206 of those wins coming at Alabama (with 29 losses). He began his head coaching career at Toledo in 1990. He coached Michigan State from 1995-99 before accepting the head coaching job at LSU in 2000. He won his first national title in 2003 at LSU. Now a college football analyst for ESPN, Saban has a statue of him along with the Crimson Tide's other national title-winning coaches on the Walk of Champions outside the stadium. --Field Level Media