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Head coach · Clemson · belt games 1988–1988

Danny Ford

260Days with the belt
1Reign started
2–1Defending it
1–0Challenging for it

Coached Clemson (1987–1988) in seasons with a belt game. 4 belt games in all: 3 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.

Danny Ford was on a sideline for 4 belt games in 1988, at Clemson. He took the belt once and held it for 260 days across one reign.

He won it on January 1, 1988, Clemson 35–10 over Penn State.

His longest reign ran 260 days with Clemson, beginning January 1, 1988, and was defended twice along the way.

Across his career he coached two successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Florida State won 24–21 on September 17, 1988.

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.