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Head coach · LSU and 1 more · belt games 1958–1971

Paul Dietzel

735Days with the belt
2Reigns started
15–1Defending it
2–4–1Challenging for it

Coached LSU (1958–1961) and South Carolina (1966–1971) in seasons with a belt game. 23 belt games in all: 16 with the belt in hand, 7 trying to take it.

Reigns

Started under this coach

LSU · November 4, 1961 – November 3, 1962364 days · 10 def.LSU · November 1, 1958 – November 7, 19591 yr, 6 days · 11 def.
Every belt game

23 games, newest first

October 30, 1971 · South Carolina vs. Georgia 0–24 as challengerlostOctober 7, 1967 · South Carolina at Georgia 0–21 as challengerlostSeptember 17, 1966 · South Carolina at LSU 12–28 as challengerlostJanuary 1, 1962 · LSU vs. Colorado 25–7 as holderdefendedNovember 25, 1961 · LSU vs. Tulane 62–0 as holderdefendedNovember 18, 1961 · LSU vs. Mississippi State 14–6 as holderdefendedNovember 11, 1961 · LSU at North Carolina 30–0 as holderdefendedNovember 4, 1961 · LSU vs. Ole Miss 10–7 as challengertook the beltOctober 29, 1960 · LSU vs. Ole Miss 6–6 as challengertie, holder kept itJanuary 1, 1960 · LSU vs. Ole Miss 0–21 as challengerlostNovember 7, 1959 · LSU at Tennessee 13–14 as holderlost the beltOctober 31, 1959 · LSU vs. Ole Miss 7–3 as holderdefendedOctober 24, 1959 · LSU at Florida 9–0 as holderdefendedOctober 17, 1959 · LSU at Kentucky 9–0 as holderdefendedOctober 10, 1959 · LSU vs. Miami 27–3 as holderdefendedOctober 3, 1959 · LSU vs. Baylor 22–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 26, 1959 · LSU vs. TCU 10–0 as holderdefendedSeptember 19, 1959 · LSU vs. Rice 26–3 as holderdefendedJanuary 1, 1959 · LSU vs. Clemson 7–0 as holderdefendedNovember 22, 1958 · LSU at Tulane 62–0 as holderdefendedNovember 15, 1958 · LSU at Mississippi State 7–6 as holderdefendedNovember 8, 1958 · LSU vs. Duke 50–18 as holderdefendedNovember 1, 1958 · LSU vs. Ole Miss 14–0 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.