Donald Trump about Nick Saban: "Let's bring him back": POTUS Donald Trump makes humorous appeal to unretire Nick Saban while giving Kalen DeBoer his flowers

While addressing University of Alabama graduates on Thursday, United States President Donald Trump talked about the Crimson Tide's former head coach Nick Saban while giving a shout-out to current coach Kalen DeBoer.

Saban greeted Trump at Coleman Coliseum as he gave the opening address to the school's graduates. The President praised Saban's job at the school, even humorously saying they should bring him back.

"As a student at Alabama, you'll always remember where you were when your head coach, Nick Saban, retired. Remember that? Because he had done such a fantastic job the last time I was here... Let's bring him back.

"No, you have a good coach right now," Trump added.

Trump became the first American President to give the keynote commencement address in Tuscaloosa. This was his first trip to the university since September, when he attended the Crimson Tide´s 41-34 win over the Georgia Bulldogs. Trump was the Republican presidential candidate back then.

Saban, who won six national titles at Alabama, also gave a short message recounting a previous meeting with Trump.

Donald Trump is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the United States Military Academy at West Point next month. Trump went to last season's Army-Navy game in December.

Nick Saban shares story of meeting Donald Trump

Saban also spoke at the University of Alabama commencement event. He shared a hilarious story about meeting the president in 2018, as part of a national championship visit.

“The President is really nice to everybody, and he’s got this very big, good-looking auspicious box on his desk that has a red button on top,” Saban said. “One of the players said, ‘Is that what you launch the missiles with?’ He said, ‘Well, push it and find out.’

"The player said, ‘No, I don’t want to do that.’ He says, 'No, go ahead. Go ahead. Push it, see what happens, find out.' So Rashaan Evans finally got the guts, went over, pushed the red button, and some lady came in with a Coke on a tray,” Nick Saban recalled.

Saban, who was the head coach at Alabama for 17 seasons, introduced President Trump at the event.

About the author

Allan Wolburg Robles is a College Sports journalist at Sportskeeda with over 17 years of experience in the field writing for publications including Reforma, Yahoo! OddsShark and Apuesta. Allan studied Communications at Anáhuac University, where he learned what would become the basis of a trade that was already a dream of his before starting college.

His favorite team is Army West Point as when he was young, Allan lived in West Point for a couple of years, went to pretty much every home game, a couple of Army-Navy games and even got to meet some of the players.

Allan's favorite players of all time include Tommie Frazier, who was unbelievable during the Nebraska dynasty of the early 90's. Tim Tebow was also a favorite, mainly because of his leadership skills, although he was also awesome on the football field. As a fan of defensive football, (or what's left of it), Sean Taylor could take over a game for Miami.

Allan has always considered himself a student of the game more than a fan of it. So the historical part and evolution of the game, as well as the ins and outs of what happens on the field, and being able to put it into words for the audience, are his biggest strengths.

Besides sports, Allan enjoys reading books, watching movies and spending time with his dogs.

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Edited by Chaitanya Prakash