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Head coach · LSU and 1 more · belt games 2007–2020

Ed Orgeron

264Days with the belt
2Reigns started
0–2Defending it
2–4Challenging for it

Coached Ole Miss (2007) and LSU (2016–2020) in seasons with a belt game. 8 belt games in all: 2 with the belt in hand, 6 trying to take it.

Ed Orgeron was on a sideline for 8 belt games between 2007 and 2020, at Ole Miss and LSU. He took the belt twice and held it for 264 days across two reigns.

The first came on January 13, 2020, LSU 42–25 over Clemson. The most lopsided was 52–24 over South Carolina in 2020.

His longest reign ran 257 days with LSU, beginning January 13, 2020, and ended at the first challenge.

The belt changed hands under him twice, last when Auburn won 48–11 on October 31, 2020.

He also coached four games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 30–24 to Florida on September 22, 2007.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Every belt game

8 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.