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Head coach · Florida and 1 more · belt games 2007–2019
Urban Meyer
1,042Days with the belt
5Reigns started
23–4Defending it
5–1Challenging for it
Coached Florida (2006–2010) and Ohio State (2018) in seasons with a belt game. 33 belt games in all: 27 with the belt in hand, 6 trying to take it.
Urban Meyer was on a sideline for 33 belt games between 2007 and 2019, at Florida and Ohio State. He took the belt five times and held it for 1,042 days across five reigns, the seventh-most of any head coach in the belt’s history.
The first came on January 9, 2007, Florida 41–14 over Ohio State.
His longest reign ran 413 days with Ohio State, beginning November 10, 2018, and was defended 17 times along the way.
Across his career he coached 23 successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him four times, last when Purdue won 49–20 on October 20, 2018.
He also coached one game with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 31–6 to Alabama on October 2, 2010.
Reigns
Started under this coach
Ohio State · November 10, 2018 – December 28, 20191 yr, 48 days · 17 def.Ohio State · September 29, 2018 – October 20, 201821 days · 2 def.Florida · October 30, 2010 – November 13, 201014 days · 1 def.Florida · January 8, 2009 – December 5, 2009331 days · 12 def.Florida · January 9, 2007 – September 29, 2007263 days · 4 def.
Every belt game
33 games, newest first
January 1, 2019 · Ohio State vs. Washington 28–23 as holderdefendedDecember 1, 2018 · Ohio State vs. Northwestern 45–24 as holderdefendedNovember 24, 2018 · Ohio State vs. Michigan 62–39 as holderdefendedNovember 17, 2018 · Ohio State at Maryland 52–51 as holderdefendedNovember 10, 2018 · Ohio State at Michigan State 26–6 as challengertook the beltOctober 20, 2018 · Ohio State at Purdue 20–49 as holderlost the beltOctober 13, 2018 · Ohio State vs. Minnesota 30–14 as holderdefendedOctober 6, 2018 · Ohio State vs. Indiana 49–26 as holderdefendedSeptember 29, 2018 · Ohio State at Penn State 27–26 as challengertook the beltNovember 13, 2010 · Florida vs. South Carolina 14–36 as holderlost the beltNovember 6, 2010 · Florida at Vanderbilt 55–14 as holderdefendedOctober 30, 2010 · Florida vs. Georgia 34–31 as challengertook the beltOctober 2, 2010 · Florida at Alabama 6–31 as challengerlostDecember 5, 2009 · Florida vs. Alabama 13–32 as holderlost the beltNovember 28, 2009 · Florida vs. Florida State 37–10 as holderdefendedNovember 21, 2009 · Florida vs. Florida International 62–3 as holderdefendedNovember 14, 2009 · Florida at South Carolina 24–14 as holderdefendedNovember 7, 2009 · Florida vs. Vanderbilt 27–3 as holderdefendedOctober 31, 2009 · Florida vs. Georgia 41–17 as holderdefendedOctober 24, 2009 · Florida at Mississippi State 29–19 as holderdefendedOctober 17, 2009 · Florida vs. Arkansas 23–20 as holderdefendedOctober 10, 2009 · Florida at LSU 13–3 as holderdefendedSeptember 26, 2009 · Florida at Kentucky 41–7 as holderdefendedSeptember 19, 2009 · Florida vs. Tennessee 23–13 as holderdefendedSeptember 12, 2009 · Florida vs. Troy 56–6 as holderdefendedSeptember 5, 2009 · Florida vs. Charleston Southern 62–3 as holderdefendedJanuary 8, 2009 · Florida vs. Oklahoma 24–14 as challengertook the beltSeptember 29, 2007 · Florida vs. Auburn 17–20 as holderlost the beltSeptember 22, 2007 · Florida at Ole Miss 30–24 as holderdefendedSeptember 15, 2007 · Florida vs. Tennessee 59–20 as holderdefendedSeptember 8, 2007 · Florida vs. Troy 59–31 as holderdefendedSeptember 1, 2007 · Florida vs. Western Kentucky 49–3 as holderdefendedJanuary 9, 2007 · Florida vs. Ohio State 41–14 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.