Head coach · Tennessee and 1 more · belt games 1973–1986
Johnny Majors
0Days with the belt
0Reigns started
0–0Defending it
0–4–1Challenging for it
Coached Pittsburgh (1973) and Tennessee (1977–1986) in seasons with a belt game. 5 belt games in all: 0 with the belt in hand, 5 trying to take it.
Johnny Majors was on a sideline for 5 belt games between 1973 and 1986, at Pittsburgh and Tennessee, and never won the belt as a head coach.
He also coached four games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 20–17 to USC on September 13, 1980.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Never won the belt as a head coach.
Every belt game
5 games, newest first
October 18, 1986 · Tennessee vs. Alabama 28–56 as challengerlostSeptember 14, 1985 · Tennessee at UCLA 26–26 as challengertie, holder kept itSeptember 13, 1980 · Tennessee vs. USC 17–20 as challengerlostOctober 15, 1977 · Tennessee at Alabama 10–24 as challengerlostNovember 10, 1973 · Pittsburgh vs. Notre Dame 10–31 as challengerlost
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.