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Head coach · Clemson · belt games 2010–2020

Dabo Swinney

366Days with the belt
4Reigns started
11–4Defending it
4–1Challenging for it

Coached Clemson (2010–2019) in seasons with a belt game. 20 belt games in all: 15 with the belt in hand, 5 trying to take it.

Dabo Swinney was on a sideline for 20 belt games between 2010 and 2020, at Clemson. He took the belt four times and held it for 366 days across four reigns.

The first came on September 17, 2011, Clemson 38–24 over Auburn. The most lopsided was 38–10 over Virginia Tech in 2011.

His longest reign ran 277 days with Clemson, beginning January 9, 2017, and was defended six times along the way.

Across his career he coached eleven successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him four times, last when LSU won 42–25 on January 13, 2020.

He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 29–7 to South Carolina on November 27, 2010.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Clemson · December 28, 2019 – January 13, 202016 days · 0 def.Clemson · January 9, 2017 – October 13, 2017277 days · 6 def.Clemson · December 4, 2011 – January 4, 201231 days · 0 def.Clemson · September 17, 2011 – October 29, 201142 days · 5 def.
Every belt game

20 games, newest first

January 13, 2020 · Clemson vs. LSU 25–42 as holderlost the beltDecember 28, 2019 · Clemson vs. Ohio State 29–23 as challengertook the beltOctober 13, 2017 · Clemson at Syracuse 24–27 as holderlost the beltOctober 7, 2017 · Clemson vs. Wake Forest 28–14 as holderdefendedSeptember 30, 2017 · Clemson at Virginia Tech 31–17 as holderdefendedSeptember 23, 2017 · Clemson vs. Boston College 34–7 as holderdefendedSeptember 16, 2017 · Clemson at Louisville 47–21 as holderdefendedSeptember 9, 2017 · Clemson vs. Auburn 14–6 as holderdefendedSeptember 2, 2017 · Clemson vs. Kent State 56–3 as holderdefendedJanuary 9, 2017 · Clemson vs. Alabama 35–31 as challengertook the beltJanuary 4, 2012 · Clemson vs. West Virginia 33–70 as holderlost the beltDecember 4, 2011 · Clemson vs. Virginia Tech 38–10 as challengertook the beltOctober 29, 2011 · Clemson at Georgia Tech 17–31 as holderlost the beltOctober 22, 2011 · Clemson vs. North Carolina 59–38 as holderdefendedOctober 15, 2011 · Clemson at Maryland 56–45 as holderdefendedOctober 8, 2011 · Clemson vs. Boston College 36–14 as holderdefendedOctober 1, 2011 · Clemson at Virginia Tech 23–3 as holderdefendedSeptember 24, 2011 · Clemson vs. Florida State 35–30 as holderdefendedSeptember 17, 2011 · Clemson vs. Auburn 38–24 as challengertook the beltNovember 27, 2010 · Clemson vs. South Carolina 7–29 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.