Current:Home > ContactNick Saban retiring after 2023 season. 226 weeks show dominance as Alabama coach -GrowthSphere Strategies
Nick Saban retiring after 2023 season. 226 weeks show dominance as Alabama coach
View
Date:2025-04-17 19:15:09
Alabama head football coach Nick Saban is retiring, two people with knowledge of the situation told the Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network, on Wednesday. They requested anonymity because they were not authorized to share the news publicly.
One chart shows how dominant Saban and his Alabama teams have been in the past 17 years. Between November 2008 and October 2023, Alabama was the nation's top-ranked team as often as they weren't in the US LBM Coaches Poll coaches poll.
That time includes six rankings as the nation's top team and five national championships: 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2020. Also in that time, college coaches ranked Alabama the nation's top team 113 times.
How Nick Saban's teams have dominated college football
Saban ends his 50-year coaching career as one of college football's most successful coaches. The former Kent State defensive back got his first head coaching job in 1990 at Toledo. The Rockets would go 9-2 in his lone season at Toledo before he moved to be the Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator.
Saban jumped back into college when he took over the head coaching job at Michigan State in 1995. In East Lansing, Saban brought the Spartans back to relevance after several losing seasons prior, and taking Michigan State to three bowl games in five seasons. After the end of the 1999 regular season, Saban bolted to LSU, where he became a national championship-winning coach in 2003 after the Tigers won the BCS National Championship Game against Oklahoma.
Nick Saban's coaching career by the numbers
During Saban's 28-year career at Division-I schools, his teams won more than 80% of their games. At Alabama, his winning percentage rose to nearly nine in every 10 games.
veryGood! (43)
Related
- Spooky or not? Some Choa Chu Kang residents say community garden resembles cemetery
- Russia names new air force head, replacing rebellion-tied general
- Her 6-year-old son shot his teacher. Now she is being sentenced for child neglect
- 'Nomance': Shows with sex scenes growing more unpopular with Gen Z, according to new study
- Man can't find second winning lottery ticket, sues over $394 million jackpot, lawsuit says
- Q&A: This scientist developed a soap that could help fight skin cancer. He's 14.
- What LeBron James thinks of Lakers after shaky start and struggles with continuity
- Horoscopes Today, October 26, 2023
- The FTC says 'gamified' online job scams by WhatsApp and text on the rise. What to know.
- Officials identify man fatally shot during struggle with Indianapolis police officer
Ranking
- 'Survivor' 47 finale, part one recap: 2 players were sent home. Who's left in the game?
- Seeing no military answer to Israel-Palestinian tensions, the EU plans for a more peaceful future
- Officials identify man fatally shot during struggle with Indianapolis police officer
- 2 pro golfers suspended for betting on PGA Tour events
- The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
- Booze free frights: How to make Witches Brew Punch and other Halloween mocktails
- Kristen Stewart Shares Update on Wedding Plans With Fiancée Dylan Meyer—and Guy Fieri
- Mother of hostage held by Hamas fights for son's release while grieving his absence
Recommendation
Federal Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergency Management
Cruise, GM’s robotaxi service, suspends all driverless operations nationwide
Cruise, GM’s robotaxi service, suspends all driverless operations nationwide
Taylor Swift Reveals Original Lyrics for 1989’s “New Romantics” and “Wonderland”
Sarah J. Maas books explained: How to read 'ACOTAR,' 'Throne of Glass' in order.
Seeing no military answer to Israel-Palestinian tensions, the EU plans for a more peaceful future
What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, reading, and listening
How law enforcement solved the case of a killer dressed as a clown