Nick Saban’s legendary college coaching career: By the numbers

After 28 seasons as a college football head coach, Nick Saban is reportedly retiring. The future Hall of Famer ends his career with seven national titles, six coming with the Alabama Crimson Tide.

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Nick Saban retiring after legendary run at Alabama Nick Saban retiring after 17 seasons with Alabama

With arguably the greatest college football coach of all-time calling it a career, FOX Sports Research breaks down the numbers from his unparalleled career:

Nick Saban retiring after legendary run at Alabama

292: He recorded 292 wins as a head coach, the sixth-most in FBS history, and 12th-most in college football history regardless of division.

7: He won seven national titles (six with Alabama, one with LSU), the most of any head coach in college football history.

249: His 249 wins with Alabama and LSU are the second-most of any coach in SEC history, trailing only Bear Bryant (292).

201: His 201 wins at Alabama is tied with Georgia’s Vince Dooley for the second-most wins at a single school in SEC history (Alabama’s Bear Bryant had 232).

24: Saban won more games at Alabama (201) than in the 24 seasons between Bear Bryant’s retirement and Saban’s hiring (171 wins).

16: Alabama won at least 10 games in 16 straight seasons under Saban, the longest streak by any program in the AP Poll era (since 1936).

84.7: His 84.7% win percentage as Alabama and LSU head coach is the highest of any coach in SEC history.

0: In 28 seasons as a college football head coach, he never had a losing season.

109: Saban has led his teams to 109 weeks ranked as No. 1 in the AP Poll. the most by any coach in college football history.

44: During his Alabama tenure, he had more first-round picks (44) than losses (29).

104: Recorded a 104-48 record against ranked opponents in his entire head coaching career, the most wins vs AP-ranked opponents of any coach in college football history.

9: Saban has beaten the AP No. 1 team nine teams in his career, the most by any coach in college football history.

12: Won 12 conference titles in his career (11 SEC, 1 MAC)

19: Recorded 19 bowl game wins, the latter being the third most of any coach all-time (Joe Paterno had 24, Bobby Bowden had 22).

Nick Saban retiring after 17 seasons with Alabama

1: One of four coaches in the common draft era to have more than 160 players selected in the NFL Draft.

49: Has had 49 first-round draft picks, the most of any coach in the common draft era.

15: Has had a first round pick in 15 straight drafts and will likely make it 16 straight later this year; the last time he did not have a player selected in the first round of the NFL Draft was 2008.

108: Went 108-9 at Bryant-Denny Stadium as Alabama’s head coach.

117: In 17 seasons with Alabama, he went 117-18 in SEC play (201-29 overall.

21: In his six national championship seasons with Alabama, he went 21-2 against top-10 opponents.

37: Since 2008, Saban led Alabama to a 37-13 record against AP top 10 opponents.

127: His Alabama teams from 2011-20 (10 years) posted a 127-12 record with five national championships and seven SEC titles.

128: From 2012 to 2021, his teams (10 years) won 128 games (13 losses), which is the best of any major-college school over a 10-year span since Bud Wilkinson at Oklahoma in the late 1940s through the late 1950s.

4: Has coached four Heisman Trophy winners, tied with Notre Dame’s Frank Leahy for the most winners coached; he’s also the only coach in SEC history with multiple Heisman winners.

2: Saban is a two-time AP Coach of the Year winner. He also won both the Eddie Robbinson Coach of the Year award and Walter Camp Coach of the Year award two times each.

3: Only coach to win a national title in three different decades.

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