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Head coach · Florida · belt games 1983–1984

Charley Pell

28Days with the belt
1Reign started
2–1Defending it
1–1Challenging for it

Coached Florida (1983–1984) in seasons with a belt game. 5 belt games in all: 3 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.

Charley Pell was on a sideline for 5 belt games between 1983 and 1984, at Florida. He took the belt once and held it for 28 days across one reign.

He won it on October 1, 1983, Florida 31–17 over LSU.

His longest reign ran 28 days with Florida, beginning October 1, 1983, and was defended twice along the way.

Across his career he coached two successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Auburn won 28–21 on October 29, 1983.

He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 32–20 to Miami on September 1, 1984.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Every belt game

5 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.