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Head coach · LSU · belt games 2007–2009

Les Miles

34Days with the belt
1Reign started
3–1Defending it
1–1Challenging for it

Coached LSU (2007–2009) in seasons with a belt game. 6 belt games in all: 4 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.

Les Miles was on a sideline for 6 belt games between 2007 and 2009, at LSU. He took the belt once and held it for 34 days across one reign.

He won it on October 20, 2007, LSU 30–24 over Auburn.

His longest reign ran 34 days with LSU, beginning October 20, 2007, and was defended three times along the way.

Across his career he coached three successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Arkansas won 50–48 on November 23, 2007.

He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 13–3 to Florida on October 10, 2009.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Every belt game

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.