Head coach · Notre Dame · belt games 2025–2026

Marcus Freeman

322Days with the belt

1Reign started

6–1Defending it

1–0Challenging for it

Coached Notre Dame (2025–2026) in seasons with a belt game. 8 belt games in all: 7 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.

Marcus Freeman was on a sideline for 8 belt games between 2025 and 2026, at Notre Dame. He took the belt once and held it for 322 days across one reign.

He won it on November 29, 2025, Notre Dame 49–20 over Stanford.

His longest reign ran 322 days with Notre Dame, beginning November 29, 2025, and was defended six times along the way.

Across his career he coached six successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when BYU won 28–24 on October 17, 2026.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Notre Dame · November 29, 2025 – October 17, 2026322 days · 6 def.

Every belt game

8 games, newest first

October 17, 2026 · Notre Dame at BYU 24–28 as holderlost the belt October 10, 2026 · Notre Dame vs. Stanford 58–7 as holderdefended October 3, 2026 · Notre Dame at North Carolina 37–26 as holderdefended September 26, 2026 · Notre Dame at Purdue 49–10 as holderdefended September 19, 2026 · Notre Dame vs. Michigan State 27–10 as holderdefended September 12, 2026 · Notre Dame vs. Rice 52–0 as holderdefended September 6, 2026 · Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin 41–13 as holderdefended November 29, 2025 · Notre Dame at Stanford 49–20 as challengertook the belt

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.