Career Quality
SimilarSimilar: Nick Saban vs Kirby Smart
Nick Saban: 98th pct vs Kirby Smart: 98th pct
Percentile score against all tracked coaches.
Coaches Compare
Compare coach careers on the same scale.
See top-line edges, side-by-side profiles, overlaid career arcs, and school-stop comparisons in one matchup view.
Kirby SmartNick Saban
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
Narrow edgeEdge: Nick Saban
Nick Saban: 98th pct vs Kirby Smart: 95th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Decisive edgeEdge: Kirby Smart
Kirby Smart: 48th pct vs Nick Saban: 14th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
Decisive edgeEdge: Nick Saban
Nick Saban: 7 titles vs Kirby Smart: 2 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
Decisive edgeEdge: Nick Saban
Nick Saban: 34 seasons vs Kirby Smart: 10 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Clear edgeEdge: Kirby Smart
Kirby Smart: 84.8% vs Nick Saban: 80.6%
Raw career win rate, not a normalized score.
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.
Kirby Smart and Nick Saban look similar in overall strength.
Overall Strength
SimilarKirby Smart and Nick Saban look similar in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Kirby Smart
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 26.2
- Percentile
- 99th 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.
Career Arc Overlay
Overlay the same SRS scale to compare where each career climbed faster, held steadier, peaked higher, or dipped harder.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Kirby SmartNick Saban
EliteStrongAverageLean
Nick Saban: 1995 Michigan StateNick Saban: 2000 LSUNick Saban: 2007 Alabama
1990Actual season year • SRS range -6.3 to 33.62025
Active comparison point
Kirby Smart • 2021
2021 Georgia
Best season14-1 • SRS 27.9 • SP Overall 32.0
Win %
93.3%
YoY SRS
+9.0
SP Off / Def
41.4 / 10.3
Finish
#1
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Nick Saban
Nearest year 2021 • Alabama
13-2 • SRS 19.5 • SP Overall 26.0
Kirby Smart holds a 8.4-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +0.5 SP offense
Tenure comparison
Compare school stops, duration, average level, and peak seasons across each coach's path.
| School | Years | Seasons | Record | Avg SRS | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirby Smart | |||||
| Georgia | 2016-2025 | 10 | 117-21 | 20.6 | 27.9 |
| Nick Saban | |||||
| Toledo | 1990-1990 | 1 | 9-2 | -6.3 | -6.3 |
| Michigan State | 1995-1999 | 5 | 34-24-1 | 11.4 | 18.2 |
| LSU | 2000-2004 | 5 | 48-16 | 13.9 | 25.4 |
| Alabama | 2007-2023 | 17 | 206-29 | 25.5Best quality | 33.6Highest peak |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Steadier arc
Full profile →Kirby Smart
117-21 • 84.8% • 10 seasons • 2 titles
48th pct steadiness score.
Best Season
Georgia 2021
SRS 27.9
Lowest SRS Season
Georgia 2016
SRS 4.7
Biggest Improvement
Georgia 2017
22.3 SRS
Longer run
Full profile →Nick Saban
297-71-1 • 80.6% • 28 seasons • 7 titles
34 tracked seasons across the arc.
Best Season
Alabama 2016
SRS 33.6
Lowest SRS Season
Toledo 1990
SRS -6.3
Biggest Improvement
LSU 2003
15.9 SRS