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Head coach · Tulane · belt games 1966–1970

Jim Pittman

280Days with the belt
1Reign started
0–0Defending it
1–1Challenging for it

Coached Tulane (1966–1970) in seasons with a belt game. 2 belt games in all: 0 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.

Jim Pittman was on a sideline for 2 belt games between 1966 and 1970, at Tulane. He took the belt once and held it for 280 days across one reign.

He won it on December 12, 1970, Tulane 17–3 over Colorado.

His longest reign ran 280 days with Tulane, beginning December 12, 1970, and was defended once along the way.

The belt never changed hands in a game he coached.

He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 35–17 to Georgia Tech on October 22, 1966.

Reigns

Started under this 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.