The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame class of 2025 added legendary college football coach Nick Saban to its list of inductees Wednesday.

Saban was elected to the LSHOF’s class of 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic postponed that year’s ceremonies. The pandemic also changed the NCAA football recruiting calendar, preventing Saban from being inducted at the annual June ceremonies.

Saban joins Andrew Whitworth, Herb Vincent, Glenn Guilbeau, Ed Daniels, April Burkholder, Dale Weiner and George “Bobby” Soileau in the class of 2025.

Saban and the Tigers won a national championship in 2003 before he departed for the NFL to coach the Miami Dolphins.

Saban won the SEC championship in 2001 and 2003 and compiled a 48-16 record in Baton Rouge.

He was named the National Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2008 and went on to win the SEC Coach of the Year award in 2003, 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2020.

In his 28-season career as a head coach, Saban won seven national titles, the most in college football history.

He became the first coach in college football history to win a national championship with two different FBS schools since the inception of the AP Poll in 1936.

Saban posted a 292-71-1 record as head coach before retiring after the 2023 season. He now serves as an analyst for ESPN’s College GameDay.