Saban went back to the Alabama football visit to the White House in 2018 after Alabama won the national championship. Saban said Trump was the first president to invite Saban and the Crimson Tide into the Oval Office. Saban took three captains with him.

"It's a special moment for me, but I gotta be honest with you, I feel like I'm the warmup band for The Rollings Stones. And the first song they're going to play is 'Start Me Up.'"But really, to all the students here,

Shortly after taking the stage at Coleman Coliseum on May 1, President Donald Trump talked Alabama football. After being introduced by former Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban, Trump began his remarks at the University of Alabama 's special commencement ceremony by asking students to remember where they were when Saban retired.