ALAB
Head coach · Alabama · belt games 2007–2021
Nick Saban
702Days with the belt
3Reigns started
22–3Defending it
3–2Challenging for it
Coached Alabama (2007–2021) in seasons with a belt game. 30 belt games in all: 25 with the belt in hand, 5 trying to take it.
Nick Saban was on a sideline for 30 belt games between 2007 and 2021, at Alabama. He took the belt three times and held it for 702 days across three reigns, the 15th-most of any head coach in the belt’s history.
The first came on December 5, 2009, Alabama 32–13 over Florida. The most lopsided was 42–13 over Auburn in 2020.
His longest reign ran 315 days with Alabama, beginning November 28, 2020, and was defended ten times along the way.
Across his career he coached 22 successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him three times, last when Texas A&M won 41–38 on October 9, 2021.
He also coached two games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 41–34 to LSU on November 3, 2007.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Every belt game
30 games, newest first
October 9, 2021 · Alabama at Texas A&M 38–41 as holderlost the beltOctober 2, 2021 · Alabama vs. Ole Miss 42–21 as holderdefendedSeptember 25, 2021 · Alabama vs. Southern Miss 63–14 as holderdefendedSeptember 18, 2021 · Alabama at Florida 31–29 as holderdefendedSeptember 11, 2021 · Alabama vs. Mercer 48–14 as holderdefendedSeptember 4, 2021 · Alabama vs. Miami 44–13 as holderdefendedJanuary 11, 2021 · Alabama vs. Ohio State 52–24 as holderdefendedJanuary 1, 2021 · Alabama vs. Notre Dame 31–14 as holderdefendedDecember 19, 2020 · Alabama vs. Florida 52–46 as holderdefendedDecember 12, 2020 · Alabama at Arkansas 52–3 as holderdefendedDecember 5, 2020 · Alabama at LSU 55–17 as holderdefendedNovember 28, 2020 · Alabama vs. Auburn 42–13 as challengertook the beltJanuary 9, 2017 · Alabama vs. Clemson 31–35 as holderlost the beltDecember 31, 2016 · Alabama vs. Washington 24–7 as holderdefendedDecember 3, 2016 · Alabama vs. Florida 54–16 as holderdefendedNovember 26, 2016 · Alabama vs. Auburn 30–12 as holderdefendedNovember 19, 2016 · Alabama vs. Chattanooga 31–3 as holderdefendedNovember 12, 2016 · Alabama vs. Mississippi State 51–3 as holderdefendedNovember 5, 2016 · Alabama at LSU 10–0 as holderdefendedOctober 22, 2016 · Alabama vs. Texas A&M 33–14 as challengertook the beltJanuary 2, 2014 · Alabama vs. Oklahoma 31–45 as challengerlostOctober 9, 2010 · Alabama at South Carolina 21–35 as holderlost the beltOctober 2, 2010 · Alabama vs. Florida 31–6 as holderdefendedSeptember 25, 2010 · Alabama at Arkansas 24–20 as holderdefendedSeptember 18, 2010 · Alabama at Duke 62–13 as holderdefendedSeptember 11, 2010 · Alabama vs. Penn State 24–3 as holderdefendedSeptember 4, 2010 · Alabama vs. San José State 48–3 as holderdefendedJanuary 7, 2010 · Alabama vs. Texas 37–21 as holderdefendedDecember 5, 2009 · Alabama vs. Florida 32–13 as challengertook the beltNovember 3, 2007 · Alabama vs. LSU 34–41 as challengerlost
Head coaches from the College Football Data API’s coaching records, matched by team and season. A reign counts for the coach in charge the season it began; a mid-season change isn’t split.