TCU
Head coach · TCU · belt games 2012–2016
Gary Patterson
666Days with the belt
3Reigns started
15–3Defending it
3–2Challenging for it
Coached TCU (2012–2016) in seasons with a belt game. 23 belt games in all: 18 with the belt in hand, 5 trying to take it.
Gary Patterson was on a sideline for 23 belt games between 2012 and 2016, at TCU. He took the belt three times and held it for 666 days across three reigns, the 16th-most of any head coach in the belt’s history.
The first came on October 4, 2014, TCU 37–33 over Oklahoma.
His longest reign ran 371 days with TCU, beginning November 1, 2014, and was defended 13 times along the way.
Across his career he coached 15 successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him three times, last when Arkansas won 41–38 on September 10, 2016.
He also coached two games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 56–53 to Texas Tech on October 20, 2012.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Every belt game
23 games, newest first
September 10, 2016 · TCU vs. Arkansas 38–41 as holderlost the beltSeptember 3, 2016 · TCU vs. South Dakota State 59–41 as holderdefendedJanuary 2, 2016 · TCU vs. Oregon 47–41 as holderdefendedNovember 27, 2015 · TCU vs. Baylor 28–21 as challengertook the beltNovember 7, 2015 · TCU at Oklahoma State 29–49 as holderlost the beltOctober 29, 2015 · TCU vs. West Virginia 40–10 as holderdefendedOctober 17, 2015 · TCU at Iowa State 45–21 as holderdefendedOctober 10, 2015 · TCU at Kansas State 52–45 as holderdefendedOctober 3, 2015 · TCU vs. Texas 50–7 as holderdefendedSeptember 26, 2015 · TCU at Texas Tech 55–52 as holderdefendedSeptember 19, 2015 · TCU vs. SMU 56–37 as holderdefendedSeptember 12, 2015 · TCU vs. Stephen F. Austin 70–7 as holderdefendedSeptember 3, 2015 · TCU at Minnesota 23–17 as holderdefendedDecember 31, 2014 · TCU vs. Ole Miss 42–3 as holderdefendedDecember 6, 2014 · TCU vs. Iowa State 55–3 as holderdefendedNovember 27, 2014 · TCU at Texas 48–10 as holderdefendedNovember 15, 2014 · TCU at Kansas 34–30 as holderdefendedNovember 8, 2014 · TCU vs. Kansas State 41–20 as holderdefendedNovember 1, 2014 · TCU at West Virginia 31–30 as challengertook the beltOctober 11, 2014 · TCU at Baylor 58–61 as holderlost the beltOctober 4, 2014 · TCU vs. Oklahoma 37–33 as challengertook the beltNovember 10, 2012 · TCU vs. Kansas State 10–23 as challengerlostOctober 20, 2012 · TCU vs. Texas Tech 53–56 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.