Head coach · Oregon and 1 more · belt games 1980–2009
Rich Brooks
0Days with the belt
0Reigns started
0–0Defending it
0–7–1Challenging for it
Coached Oregon (1980–1993) and Kentucky (2009) in seasons with a belt game. 8 belt games in all: 0 with the belt in hand, 8 trying to take it.
Rich Brooks was on a sideline for 8 belt games between 1980 and 2009, at Oregon and Kentucky, and never won the belt as a head coach.
He also coached seven games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 42–41 to California on October 2, 1993.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Never won the belt as a head coach.
Every belt game
8 games, newest first
September 26, 2009 · Kentucky vs. Florida 7–41 as challengerlostOctober 2, 1993 · Oregon at California 41–42 as challengerlostOctober 17, 1992 · Oregon vs. Washington 3–24 as challengerlostSeptember 22, 1990 · Oregon at Arizona 17–22 as challengerlostNovember 30, 1985 · Oregon at USC 6–20 as challengerlostOctober 5, 1985 · Oregon vs. Washington 13–19 as challengerlostOctober 20, 1984 · Oregon at Washington 10–17 as challengerlostOctober 18, 1980 · Oregon at USC 7–7 as challengertie, holder kept it
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.