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Head coach · Ole Miss and 1 more · belt games 2009–2024

Lane Kiffin

63Days with the belt
2Reigns started
2–2Defending it
2–2Challenging for it

Coached Tennessee (2009) and Ole Miss (2021–2024) in seasons with a belt game. 8 belt games in all: 4 with the belt in hand, 4 trying to take it.

Lane Kiffin was on a sideline for 8 belt games between 2009 and 2024, at Tennessee and Ole Miss. He took the belt twice and held it for 63 days across two reigns.

The first came on November 13, 2021, Ole Miss 29–19 over Texas A&M. The most lopsided was 28–10 over Georgia in 2024.

His longest reign ran 49 days with Ole Miss, beginning November 13, 2021, and was defended twice along the way.

Across his career he coached two successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him twice, last when Florida won 24–17 on November 23, 2024.

He also coached two games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 23–13 to Florida on September 19, 2009.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Every belt game

8 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.