Tag: Paul Dietzel

Former LSU coach Nick Saban retires

Nick Saban most prominently ended LSU’s nearly 50-year national title drought in 2003.

Former LSU head football coach [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] has retired. Chris Low of ESPN first reported the news of his retirement.

The head coach of the Tigers from 2000-04, Saban is best known for bringing the program its first national championship in nearly 50 years in 2003. He finished his career in Baton Rouge with a 48-16 record, winning a pair of SEC Championships and Sugar Bowls.

Saban had a coaching career that spanned four decades, making stops at Toledo, Michigan State, with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and at Alabama, where he won six national titles.

Saban is the fifth-winningest coach in LSU history, ranking behind fellow national champions [autotag]Les Miles[/autotag] and [autotag]Ed Orgeron[/autotag] but ahead of [autotag]Paul Dietzel[/autotag], who led the Tigers to a national title in 1958.

He leaves quite a legacy as one of four Tigers head coaches to win a national title.

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Ranking the 10 best defenses in LSU history

Here are 10 of the best defensive units the Tigers have ever had.

For much of its history, LSU has had elite defense.

Whether it was [autotag]Paul Dietzel[/autotag], [autotag]Charles McClendon[/autotag] or [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag], several LSU coaches have had the luxury of a top defense.

In several cases, it led to a national title.

Here, I’m looking at some of the best defenses in LSU history. I’ve avoided ranking them because it’s too hard to compare defense across eras.

The bottom line: all of these units are good.

I tried not to include a bunch of units from consecutive years. For example, LSU had four of its best defenses from 1958-62. Only a couple of those groups are included here.

Here are 10 of the best defenses in LSU history.