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Head coach · Michigan State · belt games 1937–1938

Charlie Bachman

56Days with the belt
1Reign started
2–1Defending it
1–0Challenging for it

Coached Michigan State (1937) in seasons with a belt game. 4 belt games in all: 3 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.

Charlie Bachman was on a sideline for 4 belt games between 1937 and 1938, at Michigan State. He took the belt once and held it for 56 days across one reign.

He won it on November 6, 1937, Michigan State 13–6 over Temple.

His longest reign ran 56 days with Michigan State, beginning November 6, 1937, 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 6–0 on January 1, 1938.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Every belt game

4 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.