Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban is now a minority owner of the Nashville Predators.
Nick Saban
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Dream Sports Ventures LLC, an entity controlled by Saban and Joe Agresti, recently closed on the purchase of a minority stake in the team, the franchise announced Tuesday.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“I am really looking forward to having coach Nick Saban and Joe Agresti as a part of our ownership group,” Bill Haslam, the Predators’ chairman and majority owner, said in a release. “Coach is one of the all-time greats in college football history and one of the winningest coaches in all of sports. We are excited to have him join us in our pursuit of championships on the ice in Nashville.”
Saban and Agresti are partners in several business ventures, including Dream Motor Group, a dealer group in the southeastern United States. The company’s portfolio includes 10 dealerships, two of which are located in Nashville — Mercedes-Benz of Music City and Prancing Horse of Nashville.
Saban’s coaching resume includes a record seven NCAA college football national championships, including six at Alabama and one at LSU. He totaled 297 wins as a head coach, the sixth-most in college football history, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame last week.
Saban is now part of ESPN’s College GameDay broadcast team.
“Although I am now retired as a coach, I still possess a competitive nature and a great passion for sports,” Saban said in the release. “Being involved in a sports team in Nashville has always been a goal and the opportunity to partner in the Predators with a class act like Bill Haslam created the perfect scenario for us.”
Agresti is the CEO of Dream Motor Group and oversees day-to-day operations of the company’s 10 locations. He invested in his first dealership in Baton Rouge, La., in 2004.
Haslam, former two-time governor of Tennessee (2011-19), became chairman of the Predators on July 1, 2024, and majority owner of the franchise July 3, 2025.