| Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga renewed on | | | | five-year contract and becoming the only sixth coach |
| Monday the 4th of December his confidence to | | | | in Miami's history. Saban coached at LSU and Michigan |
| Coach Nick Saban adding the fact that he does not | | | | State, where he won a national championship n 2003, |
| have any plans to replace the second-year coach any | | | | before the Dolphins hired him in 2004. Since taking |
| time soon. | | | | over for Dave Wannstedt, Saban is 14-14 with the |
| Huizenga explained that he strongly believes in Saban's | | | | Dolphins. He acknowledged that he failed to bring the |
| ability to turn again the Dolphins into a winning machine. | | | | Dolphins to the play-offs. But he emphasized that the |
| Now Miami are, however, 5-7 and likely to miss the | | | | team made great improvements being 1-6 this season. |
| playoffs for a fifth straight season, which is a | | | | He also repeated his commitment to building the |
| franchise-worst record. As for Saban, he repeated | | | | Dolphins back into a winner. But when he arrived in |
| that he did not have any interest in leaving the Dolphins | | | | Miami, it was a great challenge to rebuild the franchise |
| to take the vacant coaching position at Alabama. | | | | and it will take a few seasons to turn it into a |
| In 2004, Nick Saban joined the Dolphins signing a | | | | consistent winner. |