Head coach · Illinois · belt games 2018–2018
Lovie Smith
0Days with the belt
0Reigns started
0–0Defending it
0–1Challenging for it
Coached Illinois (2018) in seasons with a belt game. 1 belt game in all: 0 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.
Lovie Smith was on a sideline for 1 belt game in 2018, at Illinois, and never won the belt as a head coach.
He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 63–24 to Penn State on September 21, 2018.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Never won the belt as a head coach.
Every belt game
1 game, 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.