BAYL
Head coach · Baylor · belt games 2008–2015
Art Briles
384Days with the belt
3Reigns started
12–3Defending it
3–2Challenging for it
Coached Baylor (2008–2015) in seasons with a belt game. 20 belt games in all: 15 with the belt in hand, 5 trying to take it.
Art Briles was on a sideline for 20 belt games between 2008 and 2015, at Baylor. He took the belt three times and held it for 384 days across three reigns.
The first came on November 17, 2012, Baylor 52–24 over Kansas State.
His longest reign ran 371 days with Baylor, beginning November 17, 2012, and was defended twelve times along the way.
Across his career he coached twelve successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him three times, last when TCU won 28–21 on November 27, 2015.
He also coached two games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 70–63 to West Virginia on September 29, 2012.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Every belt game
20 games, newest first
November 27, 2015 · Baylor at TCU 21–28 as holderlost the beltNovember 21, 2015 · Baylor at Oklahoma State 45–35 as challengertook the beltOctober 18, 2014 · Baylor at West Virginia 27–41 as holderlost the beltOctober 11, 2014 · Baylor vs. TCU 61–58 as challengertook the beltNovember 23, 2013 · Baylor at Oklahoma State 17–49 as holderlost the beltNovember 17, 2013 · Baylor vs. Texas Tech 63–34 as holderdefendedNovember 7, 2013 · Baylor vs. Oklahoma 41–12 as holderdefendedOctober 26, 2013 · Baylor at Kansas 59–14 as holderdefendedOctober 19, 2013 · Baylor vs. Iowa State 71–7 as holderdefendedOctober 12, 2013 · Baylor at Kansas State 35–25 as holderdefendedOctober 5, 2013 · Baylor vs. West Virginia 73–42 as holderdefendedSeptember 21, 2013 · Baylor vs. UL Monroe 70–7 as holderdefendedSeptember 7, 2013 · Baylor vs. Buffalo 70–13 as holderdefendedAugust 31, 2013 · Baylor vs. Wofford 69–3 as holderdefendedDecember 27, 2012 · Baylor vs. UCLA 49–26 as holderdefendedDecember 1, 2012 · Baylor vs. Oklahoma State 41–34 as holderdefendedNovember 24, 2012 · Baylor vs. Texas Tech 52–45 as holderdefendedNovember 17, 2012 · Baylor vs. Kansas State 52–24 as challengertook the beltSeptember 29, 2012 · Baylor at West Virginia 63–70 as challengerlostOctober 18, 2008 · Baylor at Oklahoma State 6–34 as challengerlost
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.