🏈 There are seven active coaches who have beaten Saban while at Bama. Can you name them?

[TerryP]

Without the ol' Google? :devil:

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Since 2008, Alabama has only lost 13 times. Among active head coaches, Auburn’s Gus Malzahn, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, Texas A&M’s Kevin Sumlin, Miami's Mark Richt, and Utah’s Kyle Whittingham have defeated a Saban-coached team once, and only Hugh Freeze and Urban Meyer have done it twice (the others were Steve Spurrier, Gene Chizik, Stoops and Les Miles twice).

 

[OldPlayer]

Active as in currently have a head coach position at the college level, or can they have an assistant/position coach title?

 

[BamaCore]

Dabo Swinney, Urban Meyer, Hugh Freeze, Mark Richt, Gus Malzahn, Kevin Sumlin, and Kyle Willingham? Took me a sec to remember that last one.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Dabo, Freeze, Gus, Richt, Meyer, Sumlin, all I got. I hope it wasn't that LA Monroe HC.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Dabo Swinney, Urban Meyer, Hugh Freeze, Mark Richt, Gus Malzahn, Kevin Sumlin, and Kyle Willingham? Took me a sec to remember that last one.

Forgot the Utah dude. Or was it selective memory?

 

[Bamabww]

Swinney, Meyer, Malzahn, Freeze, Utah Dude, & Sumlin, don't believe there are any others.

 

[bradenob]

Kyle Whittingham, Mark Richt, Dabo Swinney, Kevin Sumlin, Gus Malzahn, Hugh Freeze, Urban Meyer - BUT - Gene Chizik is actively coaching as WELL

 

[bradenob]

Without the ol' Google? :devil:

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Since 2008, Alabama has only lost 13 times. Among active head coaches, Auburn’s Gus Malzahn, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, Texas A&M’s Kevin Sumlin and Utah’s Kyle Whittingham have defeated a Saban-coached team once, and only Hugh Freeze and Urban Meyer have done it twice (the others were Steve Spurrier, Gene Chizik, Stoops and Les Miles twice).

Shouldn't Tuberville have been mentioned parenthetically as well?

 

[TerryP]

- BUT - Gene Chizik is actively coaching as WELL

Chizik is no longer coaching. He quit UNC a little over a week after signing day this year.

Shouldn't Tuberville have been mentioned parenthetically as well?

Again, like Chizik, he's no longer coaching. Unlike Chiz, Tubs didn't go out on a good note after last season's 4-8 record.

 

[BamaFan334]

Freeze, Malzahn, Meyer, Dabo, Richt, Fisher (before Saban maybe?)

 

[TerryP]

Active as in currently have a head coach position at the college level, or can they have an assistant/position coach title?

The only person that would include would be Sly Croom, right? I'm fairly certain the coach for ULM is out of football now. I can't recall his name off the top of my head.

2007: Georgia under Mark Richt
2008: Florida under Urban Meyer
2008: Utah under Kyle Whittingham
2012: Texas A&M under Kevin Sumlin
2013: Auburn under Gus Malzahn
2014: Mississippi under Hugh Freeze (2)
2017: Clemson under Dabo Swinney

On a slightly separate note(s):

Over the last 10 years Bama has a record of 119-19. 11 of those coaches are no longer in the profession as a head coach (Croom as a NFL assistant.) Of the 19 losses, eight of them are in conference play. Nine of the losses came in the first four years of Saban's era.

 

[RollTyd98]

Malzhan, richt, freeze, whittingham, dabo, jimbo, urban

Dang! Bowden still coach in 07

 

[bamachine]

Freeze, Malzahn, Meyer, Dabo, Richt, Fisher (before Saban maybe?)

Saban lost to FSU, in his first year here but Bobby was still coaching FSU then, Fisher was on his staff though.

 

[rick4bama]

Tube the Ear not coaching?