- Record
- 297-71-1
- Win %
- 80.6%
- Avg SRS
- 19.8
- Titles
- 7
Coach Comparison
Nick Saban vs Bear Bryant Coaching Record
Compare Nick Saban and Bear Bryant by career record, titles, win percentage, and long-run dominance.
- Record
- 323-85-17
- Win %
- 78.0%
- Avg SRS
- 19.6
- Titles
- 5
Career Quality
Similar: Nick Saban vs Bear Bryant
Nick Saban: 98th pct vs Bear Bryant: 98th pct
Percentile score against all tracked coaches.
Peak Score
Similar: Nick Saban vs Bear Bryant
Nick Saban: 98th pct vs Bear Bryant: 98th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Edge: Bear Bryant
Bear Bryant: 32nd pct vs Nick Saban: 14th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
Edge: Nick Saban
Nick Saban: 7 titles vs Bear Bryant: 5 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
Edge: Bear Bryant
Bear Bryant: 38 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 Bear Bryant: 78.0%
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.
Nick SabanBear Bryant
EliteStrongAverageLean
Nick Saban: 1995 Michigan StateNick Saban: 2000 LSUNick Saban: 2007 AlabamaBear Bryant: 1946 KentuckyBear Bryant: 1954 Texas A&MBear Bryant: 1958 Alabama
1945Actual season year • SRS range -6.3 to 33.62023
Active comparison point
Nick Saban • 2016
2016 Alabama
Best season14-1 • SRS 33.6 • SP Overall 31.7
Win %
93.3%
YoY SRS
+6.3
SP Off / Def
40.0 / 8.6
Finish
#2
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Bear Bryant
Nearest year 1982 • Alabama
8-4 • SRS 18.6 • SP Overall 20.4
Nick Saban holds a 15.0-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +2.2 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.
Bear Bryant and Nick Saban look similar in overall strength.
Overall Strength
SimilarBear Bryant and Nick Saban look similar in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Nick Saban
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 24.1
- Percentile
- 99th pct
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Bear Bryant
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 28.3
- Percentile
- 100th pct
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.