With Nick Saban’s retirement shaking the Crimson Tide fanbase, his daughter told her Instagram followers on Sunday she’s excited to spend more time with her dad.

“It’s bittersweet. For my whole life I’ve shared him with the world. Now, I can finally just have him be ‘Dad,’” Kristen Saban Setas said. “I’m looking forward to more time together and more memories to be made.”

Saban Setas, who lives in the Birmingham metro and sits on the board of directors for nonprofit Nick’s Kids Foundation, the Saban family’s charity, answered questions on her Instagram story. She said she appreciated messages of support and that “change is hard” but “we will get there together.”

Saban announced his retirement on Wednesday, after 17 years as the University of Alabama’s coach. His daughter said she found out while on a flight to Florida, though her mom had told her that morning that he was considering it.

“I don’t think my dad was completely set on it until he gave himself a few hours to make a decision and he made it,” she said.

Since then, Alabama has hired Kalen DeBoer, previously the University of Washington’s football coach, as Saban’s successor as the Crimson Tide’s 28th coach.

She said she hasn’t met the family of new Crimson Tide football coach Kalen DeBoer, but she’s happy to have a “girl chat about all things Bama” with his daughters.

She said she’s going to miss everything about her dad coaching: “The fast-paced lifestyle, the ups and downs of games, the energy from fans, the adrenaline of game day, seeing records and history being made, seeing him do the thing he loved the most.”

She recalled her favorite game at Bryant-Denny Stadium, being in the student section during the Rocky Block as a freshman, as well as beating Mississippi State in a home game while the school was ranked No. 1 in the country. She still plans to attend gamedays as a fan, she said.

“My whole life has revolved around the game of college football and everything that comes with it, so disconnecting is going to be a major transition,” she said. “I kind of feel like I have some soul searching and self discovery to do to find who I am outside of football and my identity without it.”

She said she’s not planning to move, noting that her son goes to school in Mountain Brook.

“We absolutely love living where we are,” she said. “Alabama is home.”