Head coach · Illinois · belt games 1968–1969
James Valek
0Days with the belt
0Reigns started
0–0Defending it
0–2Challenging for it
Coached Illinois (1968–1969) in seasons with a belt game. 2 belt games in all: 0 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.
James Valek was on a sideline for 2 belt games between 1968 and 1969, at Illinois, and never won the belt as a head coach.
He also coached two games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 31–24 to Ohio State on October 26, 1968.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Never won the belt as a head coach.
Every belt game
2 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.