alabama won the national championship 31 times.
how many times did alabama win the national championship?
31
smart followed nick saban to the university of alabama in 2007. he was hired by saban as an assistant coach on january 9. on february 27, 2008, smart was promoted to defensive coordinator. on december 8, 2009, smart was awarded the broyles award as the nation's best assistant coach. he was the first alabama assistant coach to win the award. alabama would go on to win the bcs national championship. smart considered a lucrative contract to be the defensive coordinator at his alma mater, the university of georgia, but chose to stay with the crimson tide in early january 2010. in 2011, smart's defense helped alabama win another championship, beating lsu in the 2012 bcs national championship game. on march 27, 2012, the university of alabama system's board of trustees voted to increase smart's salary and extend his contract. on november 20, 2012, smart was recognized as the 2012 afca fbs assistant coach of the year. alabama would win another national championship, beating notre dame with a bruising defense. on april 16, 2013, smart was granted a $200,000 salary increase to make him the highest-paid defensive coordinator in college football.
kirby smart
in his senior year, he played at north alabama. on september 1, he had 9 tackles, a forced fumble and an interception against central oklahoma contributing to north alabama's 31-10 win. on september 10, he had 3 tackles and a half sack against glenville state helping north alabama win the game 48-21. on september 17, he had a team leading 10 tackles, 2 forced fumbles, a sack, a pass deflection against abilene christian. on november 12, in a game against valdosta state, he had 10 tackles, 2 sacks and a forced fumble helping north alabama win the game 30-23. he was named defensive player of the week twice (9/5/2011, 11/14/2011).
marcus dowtin