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Nick Saban’s influence continues in Alabama, even if he is no longer the Crimson Tide head coach.
This time, it has nothing to do with football. It is an old kind of crab.
Saban was honored by the Faculty of the University of Alabama, while archaeologists working for the school discovered a former kind of crab and appointed him the coach who led the crimson tide to six national titles.
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Former football coach in Alabama, Nick Saban, looks at the 13th hole during the Golden Bear Pro-Am before the commemorative tournament presented by Workday 2025 at the Muirfield Village Golf Club on May 28, 2025, in Dublin, Ohio. (Michael Reaves / Getty Images)
“A team led by researchers from the University of Alabama has discovered several former crab and shrimp fossils in the center of Alabama – including the one they named the legendary football coach Nick Saban”, a press release from Read University. “The official name of the crab is Costacopluma Nicksabani, but it can be called the Saban crab, to be short.”
The Saban crab was discovered in the county of Lowndes, in Alabama, and would have existed between 48 million and 87 million years.
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It is also believed that the crabs of this species survived after a meteorite struck the earth about 66 million years ago – the infamous event which led to the extinction of dinosaurs.
“The name of the species not only honors Nick Saban because he won six national championships and nine seconds with the Tide Crimson from 2007 to 2023, but his dedication to the Kids foundation in Nick continues to have an extremely positive impact for children in Alabama and beyond,” said Adiel Klompmaker, the main author of the study.
Nick Saban speaks before the arrival of President Donald Trump to give an opening speech to the University of Alabama, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, in Alabama. (Photo / mike stewart)
The Saban crab was the most common on approximately 200 specimens discovered on the Lowndes County site.
“The fauna of decapod crustaceans is quite remarkable and contains, in addition to the Saban crab, seven other species, including another new species of crab, two other crabs, a hermit crab and three shrimps of excavations,” added Klompmaker. “We have also erected a new crab and a new kind of fucking shrimp to better classify two species in the decapod tree of life.”
This news arrives while Saban will return to its old trampling grounds in Tuscaloosa this Saturday when its team “College Gameday” on ESPN organized its pre-match show on the campus before the Crimson Tide against Vanderbilt.
Coach Nick Saban speaks during the “College Gameday” of ESPN at the Pennsylvania State University on September 27, 2025 at University Park, Pennsylvania. (Isaiah Vazquez / Getty Images)
Saban, who is already honored with a statue outside Bryant-Denny Stadium, will be honored during the match on Saturday when he should enter the fame of university football.
