With the LSU athletics department in peril, NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal is ready for his alma mater to take a big swing when they hire their new head football coach.

“I heard through the grapevine that they were having conversations with Nick Saban,” O’Neal, 53, revealed in an exclusive interview with Us Weekly and while promoting his partnership with Lilly’s Don’t Sleep on OSA initiative. “That’d be awesome if we can bring Nick back.”

Saban, 74, was the head coach in Baton Rouge from 2000 to 2004, before he left to coach the NFL’s Miami Dolphins for two seasons. He returned to the college ranks in 2007, coaching the University of Alabama Crimson Tide until he retired from coaching after the 2023 season.

LSU fired head coach Brian Kelly on October 26, in the middle of his fourth

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