On Wednesday evening, legendary Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban suddenly announced his retirement from the program, leaving one of the most high-profile jobs in college football open and available. And it sounds like there’s a chance that one of Saban’s former assistants could be in the running for the role.
According to recent odds released by BetOnline.ag, current Ole Miss Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin is one of the frontrunners to land the job with the Alabama Crimson Tide as the sportsbook is giving him 5/1 odds of becoming the next Alabama head coach, which are the third-best odds behind just Dan Lanning of Oregon and Dabo Swinney of Clemson.
Obviously, Lane Kiffin has quite a history with Alabama and Saban, serving as the offensive coordinator under Saban with the Tide from 2014 to 2016. Kiffin found a lot of success in the role, finishing as a finalist for the Broyles Award in 2014 and helping lead the team to a national title in 2015.
Kiffin figures to be a top candidate, but here’s a full list of the potential candidates and their odds to land the job on SportsBetting.ag via Cole Cubelic:
- Dan Lanning 3/1
- Dabo Swinney 4/1
- Lane Kiffin 5/1
- Deion Sanders 6/1
- Kalen DeBoer 6/1
- Pat Shurmur 9/1
- Urban Meyer 10/1
- Billy Napier 14/1
- Derek Dooley 14/1
- Mike Norvell 16/1
- Ryan Day 20/1
- DeMeco Ryans 22/1
- Marcus Freeman 22/1
- James Franklin 25/1
- Sherrone Moore 25/1
- Mike Shula 28/1
- Steve Sarkisian 35/1
- Will Muschamp 40/1
- Mario Cristobal 50/1
- Mike Vrabel 50/1
- Dan Quinn 66/1
- Brian Daboll 75/1
- Butch Jones 75/1
- Ha Ha Clinton-Dix 75/1
- Major Applewhite 75/1
- Tommy Rees 75/1
- Bill Belichick 80/1
- Bill O’Brien 80/1
- Pete Carroll 80/1
- Adam Gase 100/1
- Greg McElroy 100/1
- Jason Garrett 100/1
- Jim Harbaugh 100/1
- Jimbo Fisher 100/1
- Ken Whisenhunt 100/1
- Kirby Smart 100/1
We’ll have to see who Alabama ultimately decides to give the role to.
