College coaches are at a crossroads. It’s essentially free agency out in the wild, wild west of collegiate sports. Coaches like Deion Sanders and Lane Kiffin are capitalizing, while others like Dabo Swinney refuse to embrace NIL and the Transfer Portal, much to the dismay of his weakening football program. Adding the choas was the sudden retirement of Nick Saban, college football’s most successful coach. A great deal of speculation surrounded his retirement, although most agree that the evolving landscape made his decision that much easier.