LSU
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.
Paul Dietzel was on a sideline for 23 belt games between 1958 and 1971, at LSU and South Carolina. He took the belt twice and held it for 735 days across two reigns, the 13th-most of any head coach in the belt’s history.
The first came on November 1, 1958, LSU 14–0 over Ole Miss.
His longest reign ran 371 days with LSU, beginning November 1, 1958, and was defended eleven times along the way.
Across his career he coached 15 successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Tennessee won 14–13 on November 7, 1959.
He also coached four games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 28–12 to LSU on September 17, 1966.
Reigns
Started under this coach
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.