Career Quality
SimilarSimilar: Nick Saban vs Bear Bryant
Nick Saban: 98th pct vs Bear Bryant: 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.
Bear BryantNick Saban
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
SimilarSimilar: 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
Decisive edgeEdge: Bear Bryant
Bear Bryant: 32nd pct vs Nick Saban: 14th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
Clear edgeEdge: Nick Saban
Nick Saban: 7 titles vs Bear Bryant: 5 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
Clear edgeEdge: Bear Bryant
Bear Bryant: 38 seasons vs Nick Saban: 34 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Narrow edgeEdge: Nick Saban
Nick Saban: 80.6% vs Bear Bryant: 78.0%
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.
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.
Bear Bryant
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 28.3
100th pct
Elite
Nick Saban
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 24.1
99th pct
Elite
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.
Bear BryantNick Saban
EliteStrongAverageLean
Bear Bryant: 1946 KentuckyBear Bryant: 1954 Texas A&MBear Bryant: 1958 AlabamaNick Saban: 1995 Michigan StateNick Saban: 2000 LSUNick Saban: 2007 Alabama
1945Actual season year • SRS range -6.3 to 33.62023
Active comparison point
Bear Bryant • 1971
1971 Alabama
Best season11-1 • SRS 33.0 • SP Overall 37.0
Win %
91.7%
YoY SRS
+15.6
SP Off / Def
42.1 / 6.5
Finish
#4
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
Bear Bryant holds a 39.3-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +15.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Bryant | |||||
| Maryland | 1945-1945 | 1 | 6-2-1 | -2.7 | -2.7 |
| Kentucky | 1946-1953 | 8 | 60-23-5 | 16.2 | 24.8 |
| Texas A&M | 1954-1957 | 4 | 25-14-2 | 14.6 | 21.0 |
| Alabama | 1958-1982 | 25 | 232-46-9 | 22.4 | 33.0Longest stop |
| 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 | 33.6 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Steadier arc
Full profile →Bear Bryant
323-85-17 • 78.0% • 38 seasons • 5 titles
32nd pct steadiness score.
Best Season
Alabama 1971
SRS 33.0
Worst Season
Maryland 1945
SRS -2.7
Biggest Improvement
Kentucky 1946
17.6 SRS
More titles
Full profile →Nick Saban
297-71-1 • 80.6% • 28 seasons • 7 titles
7 national championship seasons.
Best Season
Alabama 2016
SRS 33.6
Worst Season
Toledo 1990
SRS -6.3
Biggest Improvement
LSU 2003
15.9 SRS