- Record
- 357-124-4
- Win %
- 74.0%
- Avg SRS
- 17.0
- Titles
- 2
Coach Comparison
Bobby Bowden vs Nick Saban Coaching Record
Compare Bobby Bowden and Nick Saban by wins, titles, career shape, SRS, and rankings.
- Record
- 297-71-1
- Win %
- 80.6%
- Avg SRS
- 19.8
- Titles
- 7
Career Quality
Similar: Nick Saban vs Bobby Bowden
Nick Saban: 98th pct vs Bobby Bowden: 96th pct
Percentile score against all tracked coaches.
Peak Score
Similar: Nick Saban vs Bobby Bowden
Nick Saban: 98th pct vs Bobby Bowden: 97th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Edge: Bobby Bowden
Bobby Bowden: 20th pct vs Nick Saban: 14th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
Edge: Nick Saban
Nick Saban: 7 titles vs Bobby Bowden: 2 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
Edge: Bobby Bowden
Bobby Bowden: 40 seasons vs Nick Saban: 34 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Edge: Nick Saban
Nick Saban: 80.6% vs Bobby Bowden: 74.0%
Raw career win rate, not a normalized score.
Career arc
Season-to-season SRS shape for both coaches on the same scale.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Bobby BowdenNick Saban
EliteStrongAverageLean
Bobby Bowden: 1976 Florida StateNick Saban: 1995 Michigan StateNick Saban: 2000 LSUNick Saban: 2007 Alabama
1970Actual season year • SRS range -6.3 to 33.62023
Active comparison point
Bobby Bowden • 1987
1987 Florida State
Best season11-1 • SRS 30.5 • SP Overall 34.7
Win %
91.7%
YoY SRS
+15.5
SP Off / Def
48.3 / 15.1
Finish
#2
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Nick Saban
Nearest year 1990 • Toledo
9-2 • SRS -6.3 • SP Overall 2.4
Bobby Bowden holds a 36.8-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +21.8 SP offense
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Nick Saban and Bobby Bowden look similar in overall strength.
Overall Strength
SimilarNick Saban and Bobby Bowden look similar in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bobby Bowden
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 20.9
- Percentile
- 98th pct
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Nick Saban
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 24.1
- Percentile
- 99th pct
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.