Head coach · North Carolina and 2 more · belt games 1946–1957
Jim Tatum
Coached Oklahoma (1946), Maryland (1954), and North Carolina (1956–1957) in seasons with a belt game. 6 belt games in all: 1 with the belt in hand, 5 trying to take it.
Jim Tatum was on a sideline for 6 belt games between 1946 and 1957, at Oklahoma, Maryland, and North Carolina. He took the belt once and held it for 8 days across one reign.
He won it on October 11, 1957, North Carolina 20–13 over Miami.
His longest reign ran 8 days with North Carolina, beginning October 11, 1957, and ended at the first challenge.
The belt changed hands under him once, when Maryland won 21–7 on October 19, 1957.
He also coached four games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 9–7 to Miami on October 22, 1954.
Started under this coach
6 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.