Dabo Swinney a Better Bet than Dan Lanning at Alabama

• Alabama Crimson Tide Head Coach odds are online at BetOnline with the betting site having Dan Lanning as the outright favorite with -500 odds.
• Lanning is a bad bet to be the next coach because of the -500 odds and his lack of conference championships.
• Former Crimson Tide player and two-time National Championship-winning head coach Dabo Swinney is a better bet than Lanning with +2200 odds.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Odds for the next head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide have been released by legal betting sites in the US following the retirement of legendary coach Nick Saban.

Dan Lanning, the current head coach of the Oregon Ducks, is the outright favorite with -500 odds. Many other big-name coaches are on the board at BetOnline, with every other option outside of Lanning having +300 odds or longer.

Alabama Head Coach Odds

• Dan Lanning -500
• Mike Norvell +300
• Lane Kiffin +500
• Steve Sarkisian +900
• Kalen DeBoer +2000
• Dabo Swinney +2200
• Pat Shurmur +3300
• Urban Meyer +3300
• Billy Napier +3300
• Curt Cignetti +3300

Lanning has been the head coach at Oregon for the past two seasons, leading the team to back-to-back 10-win seasons. That success, plus his prior history as the defensive coordinator at the University of Georgia, has led legal sports betting sites to making him the outright favorite.

With all that being the case, Lanning and his -500 odds at BetOnline are not the best bet to become the next head coach at Alabama. There is simply not enough value with the -500 odds to pass up some of the other excellent candidates on the board for a coach who has never won a National Championship, let alone a conference championship.

Best Bet For The Alabama Head Coaching Job

In the Nick Saban retirement announcement put out by Alabama, there is a direct mention of Saban’s success within the SEC.

“His teams won a combined 11 SEC titles, going 11-1 in SEC Championship Games, including nine at Alabama”

The legal college football betting site has many options available with long odds and at least one conference championship in recent history. To judge recent history, bettors can look at the success of each coach within their conference and overall National Championships.

• Mike Norvell (+300): 1 ACC Championship (2023)
• Steve Sarkisian (+900): 1 Big 12 Conference Championship (2023) + 1 College Football Playoff Appearance (2023)
• Kalen DeBoer (+2000): 1 Pac-12 Championship (2023) + 1 National Championship Game Appearance (2023)
• Dabo Swinney (+2200): 8 ACC Championships (2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022) + 2 National Championships (2016 and 2018)

With the achievements as a Power Five head coach laid out like that, the coach who stands out as the best bet to replace Nick Saban at Alabama is Dabo Swinney.

Swinney has seemingly struggled to adjust to the relatively new Transfer Portal and Name Image Likeness changes in the college football landscape, but if the Crimson Tide came calling it is likely that the current Clemson coach would have to have a new plan of attack for how to execute.

If he has that plan ready, Dabo Swinney’s playing career at Alabama coupled with his success at Clemson makes him the best bet to replace Nick Saban with +2200 odds.

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