Head coach · Carnegie Mellon · belt games 1926–1927
Walter Steffen
Coached Carnegie Mellon (1926–1927) in seasons with a belt game. 5 belt games in all: 4 with the belt in hand, 1 trying to take it.
Walter Steffen was on a sideline for 5 belt games between 1926 and 1927, at Carnegie Mellon. He took the belt once and held it for 322 days across one reign.
He won it on November 27, 1926, Carnegie Mellon 19–0 over Notre Dame.
His longest reign ran 322 days with Carnegie Mellon, beginning November 27, 1926, and was defended three times along the way.
Across his career he coached three successful defenses, and the belt changed hands under him once, when Washington & Jefferson won 20–6 on October 15, 1927.
Started under this coach
5 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.