Head coach · Washington State · belt games 1979–1983
Jim Walden
Coached Washington State (1979–1983) in seasons with a belt game. 5 belt games in all: 2 with the belt in hand, 3 trying to take it.
Jim Walden was on a sideline for 5 belt games between 1979 and 1983, at Washington State. He took the belt once and held it for 294 days across one reign.
He won it on November 20, 1982, Washington State 24–20 over Washington.
His longest reign ran 294 days with Washington State, beginning November 20, 1982, and was defended once along the way.
Across his career he coached one successful defense, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Michigan won 20–17 on September 10, 1983.
He also coached two games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 30–23 to Washington on November 22, 1980.
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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.