Head coach · Air Force · belt games 1970–1976
Ben Martin
Coached Air Force (1970–1976) in seasons with a belt game. 5 belt games in all: 1 with the belt in hand, 4 trying to take it.
Ben Martin was on a sideline for 5 belt games between 1970 and 1976, at Air Force. He took the belt once and held it for 7 days across one reign.
He won it on November 14, 1970, Air Force 31–14 over Stanford.
His longest reign ran 7 days with Air Force, beginning November 14, 1970, and ended at the first challenge.
The belt changed hands under him once, when Colorado won 49–19 on November 21, 1970.
He also coached two games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 48–15 to Notre Dame on November 22, 1973.
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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.