Most NCAA football national championships by coach
Nick Saban tied Bear Bryant's record for most NCAA football national championships by a coach in the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
Take a look at the 16 head coaches in NCAA history with at least three titles. (Not pictured: Percy Houghton, Harvard: 1910, 1912, 1913)
BEAR BRYANT, 6
Credit: AP / Charles Kelly
Alabama
1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979
NICK SABAN, 6
Credit: AP / Gerald Herbert
One with LSU: 2003
Five with Alabama: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017
BERNIE BIERMAN, 5
Credit: AP
Minnesota
1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941
WOODY HAYES, 5
Credit: AP
Ohio State
1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970
HOWARD JONES, 5
Credit: AP
One with Yale: 1909
Four with USC: 1928, 1931, 1932, 1939
Credit: AP
Notre Dame
1943, 1946, 1947, 1949
Credit: AP / David Smith
USC
1962, 1967, 1972, 1974
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Yale
1888, 1891, 1892
Credit: AP / Eric Gay
Two with Florida: 2006, 2008
One with Ohio State: 2014
Credit: AP / Doug Mills
Nebraska
1994, 1995, 1997
Credit: AP
Notre Dame
1924, 1929, 1930
Credit: AP
Texas
1963, 1969, 1970
Credit: AP / Mark Foley
Oklahoma
1974, 1975, 1985
Credit: AP
Two with Pittsburgh: 1916, 1918
One with Stanford: 1926
Credit: AP / William P. Streater
Oklahoma
1950, 1955, 1956
