30 Best College Football Coaches of All-Time
By Hayden Hyde
Oct 17, 2015; College Station, TX, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban looks up from the sideline during the fourth quarter against the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field. The Crimson Tide defeated the Aggies 41-23. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
8. Nick Saban
- Career Record: 188-60-1
- Record at Each School: 9-2 at Toledo, 34-24-1 at Michigan State, 48-16 at LSU, 92-18 at Alabama.
- Bowl Record: 8-8
- Honors and Awards: 4 National Championships, 5 SEC Championships, 1 MAC Championship. 2-time AP National Coach of the Year, 3-time SEC Coach of the Year.
Nick Saban is the greatest college football coach of the modern era. You can’t find a coach that recruits, teaches and builds better than Saban. He’s made head coaching stops at Toledo, Michigan State, LSU, the Miami Dolphins, and now Alabama. He’s found success almost anywhere he’s gone, except the NFL, where he went 15-17.
Saban amassed five SEC championships and four national championships at Alabama and LSU and looks to be on his way to his second College Football Playoff appearance this season.
Since 2009, 17 of Saban’s players were selected in the first round of the NFL Draft, including names like Marcell Dareus, Julio Jones, Amari Cooper and Mark Ingram.
He’s also developed incredible coaching talent with Jimbo Fisher, Will Muschamp, Mark Dantonio and Jim McElwain all former Saban assistants.
Appreciate Saban while he’s still coaching, because he’s one of the best of all-time and when he retires we may never see another like him.
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