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Head coach · Navy · belt games 1904–1906

Paul Dashiell

357Days with the belt
2Reigns started
4–1–1Defending it
2–0Challenging for it

Coached Navy (1904–1906) in seasons with a belt game. 8 belt games in all: 6 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.

Paul Dashiell was on a sideline for 8 belt games between 1904 and 1906, at Navy. He took the belt twice and held it for 357 days across two reigns.

The first came on October 15, 1904, Navy 10–9 over Princeton.

His longest reign ran 343 days with Navy, beginning November 10, 1906, and was defended eight times along the way.

Across his career he coached four successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Swarthmore won 9–0 on October 29, 1904.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Navy · November 10, 1906 – October 19, 1907343 days · 8 def.Navy · October 15, 1904 – October 29, 190414 days · 2 def.
Every belt game

8 games, newest first

December 1, 1906 · Navy vs. Army 10–0 as holderdefendedNovember 24, 1906 · Navy vs. Virginia Tech 5–0 as holderdefendedNovember 17, 1906 · Navy vs. North Carolina 40–0 as holderdefendedNovember 10, 1906 · Navy vs. Swarthmore 5–4 as challengertook the beltOctober 29, 1904 · Navy vs. Swarthmore 0–9 as holderlost the beltOctober 22, 1904 · Navy at Dickinson 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 19, 1904 · Navy vs. St. John's (Maryland) 23–0 as holderdefendedOctober 15, 1904 · Navy vs. Princeton 10–9 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.