Head coach · UCLA and 1 more · belt games 1972–1974
Pepper Rodgers
Coached UCLA (1972) and Georgia Tech (1974) in seasons with a belt game. 4 belt games in all: 2 with the belt in hand, 2 trying to take it.
Pepper Rodgers was on a sideline for 4 belt games between 1972 and 1974, at UCLA and Georgia Tech. He took the belt once and held it for 14 days across one reign.
He won it on September 9, 1972, UCLA 20–17 over Nebraska.
His longest reign ran 14 days with UCLA, beginning September 9, 1972, and was defended once along the way.
Across his career he coached one successful defense, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Michigan won 26–9 on September 23, 1972.
He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 31–7 to Notre Dame on September 9, 1974.
Started under this coach
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.