Head coach · Chicago · belt games 1898–1922
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Coached Chicago (1898–1922) in seasons with a belt game. 9 belt games in all: 4 with the belt in hand, 5 trying to take it.
Amos Alonzo Stagg was on a sideline for 9 belt games between 1898 and 1922, at Chicago. He took the belt once and held it for 343 days across one reign.
He won it on November 19, 1921, Chicago 3–0 over Wisconsin.
His longest reign ran 343 days with Chicago, beginning November 19, 1921, and was defended three times along the way.
Across his career he coached three successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Princeton won 21–18 on October 28, 1922.
He also coached four games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 3–0 to Illinois on November 6, 1920.
Started under this coach
9 games, newest first
Head coaches from the College Football Data API’s coaching records, matched by team and season. A reign counts for the coach in charge the season it began; a mid-season change isn’t split.