Nick Saban has more NCAA football national championships, six, than all but Bear Bryant. Bill Belichick has more NFL Super Bowl championships than anyone with six, and more NFL championships than all but George Halas and Curly Lambeau — each of whom coached more than 30 seasons. The two are close friends today, having met nearly 40 years ago while Saban was secondary coach at Navy and Belichick’s father, Steve, was still working as an assistant and advance scout.
Saban, thus, has some interesting insights on what makes the Patriots coach so good at what he does.