Head coach · Pittsburgh · belt games 1924–1935
Jock Sutherland
Coached Pittsburgh (1924–1935) in seasons with a belt game. 9 belt games in all: 5 with the belt in hand, 4 trying to take it.
Jock Sutherland was on a sideline for 9 belt games between 1924 and 1935, at Pittsburgh. He took the belt once and held it for 336 days across one reign.
He won it on November 17, 1934, Pittsburgh 31–7 over Navy.
His longest reign ran 336 days with Pittsburgh, beginning November 17, 1934, and was defended four times along the way.
Across his career he coached four successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Notre Dame won 9–6 on October 19, 1935.
He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 35–0 to USC on January 2, 1933.
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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.