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Head coach · Army · belt games 1909–1910

Harry Nelly

14Days with the belt
1Reign started
1–1Defending it
1–1Challenging for it

Coached Army (1909–1910) in seasons with a belt game. 4 belt games in all: 2 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.

Harry Nelly was on a sideline for 4 belt games between 1909 and 1910, at Army. He took the belt once and held it for 14 days across one reign.

He won it on October 15, 1910, Army 9–3 over Yale.

His longest reign ran 14 days with Army, beginning October 15, 1910, and was defended once along the way.

Across his career he coached one successful defense, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Harvard won 6–0 on October 29, 1910.

He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 9–0 to Harvard on October 30, 1909.

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.