Nick Saban guided LSU to a single public crown and Alabama to six. The maximum number of public titles in NCAA Division is seven. Having counseled council football for 50 times, Saban is among the sport’s most successful instructors. In 1990, Toledo hired the former guard back from Kent State as their first head coach. In his one season at Toledo, the Rockets would go 9- 2 before he was hired as the defensive fellow by the Cleveland Browns. When Saban took over as Michigan State’s head coach in 1995, he directly returned to the council ranks.
He coaches four Heisman jewel winners at Alabama Mark Ingram II( 2009), Derrick Henry( 2015), DeVonta Smith( 2020), and Bryce Young( 2021). Nick Saban ends his time in Tuscaloosa at 201- 29 with nine SEC crowns and eight appearances in the College Football Playoffs. At Alabama, Nick Saban has also generated an astounding 44 first-round selections for the NFL.” Simply put,
Nick Saban is one of the topmost coaches of all time, in any sport, and The University of Alabama is fortunate to have had him leading our football program for the formerly 17 seasons,” said Greg Byrne, Alabama’s athletic director.