Head coach · Texas · belt games 1998–2012
Mack Brown
Coached Texas (1998–2012) in seasons with a belt game. 10 belt games in all: 5 with the belt in hand, 5 trying to take it.
Mack Brown was on a sideline for 10 belt games between 1998 and 2012, at Texas. He took the belt three times and held it for 529 days across three reigns, the 22nd-most of any head coach in the belt’s history.
The first came on November 27, 1998, Texas 26–24 over Texas A&M.
His longest reign ran 274 days with Texas, beginning November 27, 1998, and was defended once along the way.
Across his career he coached two successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him three times, last when Texas Tech won 39–33 on November 1, 2008.
He also coached two games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 48–45 to West Virginia on October 6, 2012.
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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.