How many national championships has Nick Saban won?

Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban is clearly one of the greatest coaches ever due to his dominance and ability to win several national titles.

Nick Saban is one of the greatest coaches of all time. He’s been a remarkably dominant force with every team he led. During his time with the Alabama Crimson Tide, Saban rehabilitated a once dormant program that was longing to return back to national prominence. Well, Saban has done that and quite a bit more.

Alabama has a long, proud history of success, but the Crimson Tide has become an absolute powerhouse with a level of success that is essentially unparalleled and unprecedented.

The number of championships that Saban has been able to win throughout his career is truly astonishing.

So, just how many national titles has he won?

How many national titles did Nick Saban win with the LSU Tigers?

Before coaching at Alabama and his messy stint in the NFL, Saban was leading the LSU Tigers. From 2000 to 2004, Saban coached in Baton Rouge. While with LSU, Saban ended up winning a national title in 2003 (his only championship with LSU) as the Tigers took down the Oklahoma Sooners in the BCS Championship Game.

How many national titles has Nick Saban won as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide?

While he only won one national title during a relatively short stint with LSU, Saban has won several with Alabama. His first with Alabama (and second overall) came in 2009, his third year in Tuscaloosa. The Crimson Tide went a perfect 14-0 and cruised their way to a win in the Rose Bowl as part of the BCS.

Two years later, in 2011, Saban won his second as the head coach of the Crimson Tide when Alabama beat LSU in New Orleans in a game that was a rematch of a regular season tilt. In 2012, the Crimson Tide demolished the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to claim its third championship with Saban (his fourth overall).

It took a few seasons for him to get another title, but Saban won his fifth championship overall and fourth with Alabama when the Crimson Tide beat the Clemson Tigers and won the College Football Playoff in 2015. Saban’s sixth overall championship happened in 2017 when Alabama mounted a comeback to beat Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs.

In 2020, Saban surpassed legendary Alabama head coach Bear Bryant when he won his seventh championship as the Crimson Tide crushed the Ohio State Buckeyes.

In total, Saban has seven championships. Should Alabama beat Georgia, it’ll be eight. With this most recent appearance, Saban has been to a total of 10 national title games and those two losses came at the hands of Dabo Swinney and Clemson in 2016 and 2018.

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