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Head coach · Notre Dame · belt games 1976–1979

Dan Devine

0Days with the belt
0Reigns started
0–0Defending it
0–3Challenging for it

Coached Notre Dame (1976–1979) in seasons with a belt game. 3 belt games in all: 0 with the belt in hand, 3 trying to take it.

Dan Devine was on a sideline for 3 belt games between 1976 and 1979, at Notre Dame, and never won the belt as a head coach.

He also coached three games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 27–25 to USC on November 25, 1978.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Never won the belt as a head coach.

Every belt game

3 games, newest first

October 20, 1979 · Notre Dame vs. USC 23–42 as challengerlostNovember 25, 1978 · Notre Dame at USC 25–27 as challengerlostNovember 27, 1976 · Notre Dame at USC 13–17 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.