Pete Carroll and Nick Saban left their respective coaching positions on Wednesday.
They are both 72 years old and legends.
And, in a quirk, Nick Saban once replaced Pete Carroll at a coaching job.
Carroll left Ohio State, where he was secondary coach, and Saban stepped into the gig.
In 1980, Nick Saban replaced Pete Carroll as Ohio State’s secondary coach. pic.twitter.com/EKNJzAatNi
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Carroll moved on to become the defensive coordinator North Carolina State in 1980.