Top 5 college football head coaching villains heading into 2022

2. Nick Saban, Alabama

It was really tough not to rank Nick Saban No. 1 on this list simply because he’s the most obvious option but the top coach has simply had a more villainous offseason.

Saban is incredibly close, though.

In fact, he recently made headlines for saying that coaches like Jimbo Fisher “bought” their entire rosters while he has been able to work NIL deals for the Tide the right way. Calling out opposing coaches like Jimbo and even Deion Sanders has been a really bad look for Saban. He could have just kept dominating on the field and in recruiting and kept his mouth shut, but he had to go and poke the bear that is Jimbo Fisher who called him out for being a shady coach.

Not only did Saban kind of shoot himself in the foot by calling Jimbo out, but he’s also just not really one to talk because there have long been rumors of him landing top recruits in suspicious ways.

But why is he really on this list despite not being the most colorful personality and being somewhat cold with the media? It’s because he wins too much.

Yes, I said it, Saban wins too much, and whenever a coach and program win at the rate that Alabama does, they’re going to be hated and considered villains.

Who do you root for in a movie, a team that wins titles every year or the underdog? Exactly. Unless there’s money on the line, America is almost always rooting against Saban.