Shaquille O’Neal Hints Nick Saban Could Return to LSU

(KNGT-FM) - The million-dollar question that everyone wants to know over the last 10 days has been... Who will LSU hire to be its next Head Football Coach? Even LSU great Shaquille O'Neal is getting in on the action, and suggesting an interesting rumor he's heard around Tiger Town...

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There are a lot of decisions that will be made in Baton Rouge over the next few days, weeks, and months. The start of those decisions was made on Tuesday when the Board of Supervisors announced that McNeese President Wade Rousse will become the 29th president at LSU. Now the focus turns to finding both a Head football coach and an Athletics Director after the school and Scott Woodward parted ways last week.

Since the firing of Brian Kelly after the embarrassing loss to Texas A&M a little over a week ago, the question has been, Who's next? Big names have been thrown around like Dan Lanning and Lake Kiffin, but the biggest name of all? Nick Saban.

That suggestion has been made by plenty in the know, more so as a precautionary make him say no call. But, even Shaquille O'Neal is getting in on the rumor mill...

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O’Neal said he heard LSU might be talking to former coach Nick Saban about coming back. “I heard through the grapevine that they were having conversations with Nick Saban,” O’Neal told Us Weekly. “That’d be awesome if we can bring Nick back.”

Saban currently has a pretty stress-free job as one of the weekly cohosts on ESPN's College Gameday.

Recently, Saban addressed rumors about returning to coaching. He said that just because a school has a tradition doesn’t mean it will always be successful.

“You’ve got all these external factors that are constantly changing,” Saban said. “Whether it’s the transfer portal, how much you can pay guys, revenue sharing… Some of the traditional jobs, like LSU, have they adapted to all these things to continue to be one of the best jobs in the country?” He later said he has no plans to return to coaching.