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Head coach · NC State · belt games 1999–1999

Mike O'Cain

21Days with the belt
1Reign started
2–1Defending it
1–0Challenging for it

Coached NC State (1999) in seasons with a belt game. 4 belt games in all: 3 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.

Mike O'Cain was on a sideline for 4 belt games in 1999, at NC State. He took the belt once and held it for 21 days across one reign.

He won it on August 28, 1999, NC State 23–20 over Texas.

His longest reign ran 21 days with NC State, beginning August 28, 1999, and was defended twice along the way.

Across his career he coached two successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Florida State won 42–11 on September 18, 1999.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Every belt game

4 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.