USC
Head coach · USC · belt games 2004–2006
Pete Carroll
734Days with the belt
1Reign started
25–1Defending it
1–0Challenging for it
Coached USC (2003–2005) in seasons with a belt game. 27 belt games in all: 26 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.
Pete Carroll was on a sideline for 27 belt games between 2004 and 2006, at USC. He took the belt once and held it for 734 days across one reign, the 14th-most of any head coach in the belt’s history.
He won it on January 1, 2004, USC 28–14 over Michigan.
His longest reign ran 734 days with USC, beginning January 1, 2004, and was defended 25 times along the way.
Across his career he coached 25 successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Texas won 41–38 on January 4, 2006.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Every belt game
27 games, newest first
January 4, 2006 · USC vs. Texas 38–41 as holderlost the beltDecember 3, 2005 · USC vs. UCLA 66–19 as holderdefendedNovember 19, 2005 · USC vs. Fresno State 50–42 as holderdefendedNovember 12, 2005 · USC at California 35–10 as holderdefendedNovember 5, 2005 · USC vs. Stanford 51–21 as holderdefendedOctober 29, 2005 · USC vs. Washington State 55–13 as holderdefendedOctober 22, 2005 · USC at Washington 51–24 as holderdefendedOctober 15, 2005 · USC at Notre Dame 34–31 as holderdefendedOctober 8, 2005 · USC vs. Arizona 42–21 as holderdefendedOctober 1, 2005 · USC at Arizona State 38–28 as holderdefendedSeptember 24, 2005 · USC at Oregon 45–13 as holderdefendedSeptember 17, 2005 · USC vs. Arkansas 70–17 as holderdefendedSeptember 3, 2005 · USC at Hawai'i 63–17 as holderdefendedJanuary 4, 2005 · USC vs. Oklahoma 55–19 as holderdefendedDecember 4, 2004 · USC at UCLA 29–24 as holderdefendedNovember 27, 2004 · USC vs. Notre Dame 41–10 as holderdefendedNovember 13, 2004 · USC vs. Arizona 49–9 as holderdefendedNovember 6, 2004 · USC at Oregon State 28–20 as holderdefendedOctober 30, 2004 · USC at Washington State 42–12 as holderdefendedOctober 23, 2004 · USC vs. Washington 38–0 as holderdefendedOctober 16, 2004 · USC vs. Arizona State 45–7 as holderdefendedOctober 9, 2004 · USC vs. California 23–17 as holderdefendedSeptember 25, 2004 · USC at Stanford 31–28 as holderdefendedSeptember 18, 2004 · USC at BYU 42–10 as holderdefendedSeptember 11, 2004 · USC vs. Colorado State 49–0 as holderdefendedAugust 28, 2004 · USC at Virginia Tech 24–13 as holderdefendedJanuary 1, 2004 · USC vs. Michigan 28–14 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.