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Head coach · Navy · belt games 1944–1945

Oscar Hagberg

56Days with the belt
1Reign started
5–1–1Defending it
1–1Challenging for it

Coached Navy (1944–1945) in seasons with a belt game. 9 belt games in all: 7 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.

Oscar Hagberg was on a sideline for 9 belt games between 1944 and 1945, at Navy. He took the belt once and held it for 56 days across one reign.

He won it on October 6, 1945, Navy 21–0 over Duke.

His longest reign ran 56 days with Navy, beginning October 6, 1945, and was defended six times along the way.

Across his career he coached five successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Army won 32–13 on December 1, 1945.

He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 17–15 to Georgia Tech on October 21, 1944.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Every belt game

9 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.