 The LSU football team won one SEC Championship (1988), two SEC Western Division Championships (1996, 1997) and four bowl victories (1995, 1996, 1997, 2000) in his 14 years.Among Dean's final major decisions at the helm of the athletic department was to hire Nick Saban as head football coach.Saban led LSU to SEC Championships in 2001 and 2003 as well as the school's first national championship in 45 years in 2003.