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Head coach · South Carolina · belt games 1989–1989

Sparky Woods

28Days with the belt
1Reign started
2–1Defending it
1–0Challenging for it

Coached South Carolina (1989) in seasons with a belt game. 4 belt games in all: 3 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.

Sparky Woods was on a sideline for 4 belt games in 1989, at South Carolina. He took the belt once and held it for 28 days across one reign.

He won it on September 30, 1989, South Carolina 24–20 over Georgia.

His longest reign ran 28 days with South Carolina, beginning September 30, 1989, and was defended twice along the way.

Across his career he coached two successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when NC State won 20–10 on October 28, 1989.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Every belt game

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.