Alabama to Name Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium after Nick Saban

The program will dedicate the field to the legendary head coach on Sept. 7.

Alabama head coach Nick Saban takes the field for warm ups before the Southern Miss game at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Saturday September 21, 2019. / Mickey Welsh, Montgomery Advertiser via

Just nine months after his retirement, Alabama is making a permanent step to honor the legacy of Nick Saban at the university.

Alabama will dedicate the field at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Saban's honor on Sept. 7, the day of the Crimson Tide's matchup against USF, according to a report by Tide Illustrated. The stadium will keep the same name, while the playing surface itself will now be named "Nick Saban Field" after the head coach.

Saban announced his retirement in January after 17 seasons as the Crimson Tide head coach, where he won six national titles, nine SEC championships and 205-29 record. Over 17 seasons, Saban only lost nine home games inside Bryant-Denny Stadium.

The University of Alabama Board of Trustees will meet on Friday, and "consideration of resolution approving a naming at Bryant-Denny Stadium" is on the agenda to officially approve the concept.

The stadium opened in Tuscaloosa in 1929 as Denny Stadium. It was officially re-named Bryant-Denny Stadium in April 1976 for Paul "Bear" Bryant, who was still actively coaching the Crimson Tide at the time. Alabama still played some games at Legion Field in Birmingham until 2003. All the home games of the Saban era from 2007-2023 were played at Bryant-Denny in Tuscaloosa on the campus of the University of Alabama.

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