Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year Award
Awarded forThe most outstanding collegiate football coach in the country
CountryUnited States
Presented byAssociated Press
History
First award1998
Most recentKalen DeBoer, Washington

The Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year Award is an award that is given annually since 1998 to NCAA college football's national coach of the year. The award is voted on by the Associated Press (AP) voters that participate in the weekly college football AP Poll. The current award holder is Kalen DeBoer of the Washington Huskies for 2023.

Winners

Year Winner School
1998 Bill Snyder Kansas State
1999 Frank Beamer Virginia Tech
2000 Bob Stoops Oklahoma
2001 Ralph Friedgen Maryland
2002 Kirk Ferentz Iowa
2003 Nick Saban LSU
2004 Tommy Tuberville Auburn
2005 Joe Paterno Penn State[1]
2006 Jim Grobe Wake Forest[2]
2007 Mark Mangino Kansas[3]
2008 Nick Saban (2) Alabama[4]
2009 Gary Patterson TCU[5]
2010 Chip Kelly Oregon[6]
2011 Les Miles LSU[7]
2012 Brian Kelly Notre Dame[8]
2013 Gus Malzahn Auburn[9]
2014 Gary Patterson (2) TCU[10]
2015 Dabo Swinney Clemson[11]
2016 Mike MacIntyre Colorado[12]
2017 Scott Frost UCF[13]
2018 Brian Kelly (2) Notre Dame[14]
2019 Ed Orgeron LSU[15]
2020 Jamey Chadwell Coastal Carolina[16]
2021 Jim Harbaugh Michigan[17]
2022 Sonny Dykes TCU[18]
2023 Kalen DeBoer Washington[19]

Winners by school

School Trophies won
LSU 3
TCU 3
Auburn 2
Notre Dame 2
Alabama 1
Clemson 1
Coastal Carolina 1
Colorado 1
Iowa 1
Kansas 1
Kansas State 1
Maryland 1
Michigan 1
Oklahoma 1
Oregon 1
Penn State 1
UCF 1
Virginia Tech 1
Wake Forest 1
Washington 1

References

  1. ^ "Paterno easily named AP coach of year". NBC Sports. Associated Press. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008.
  2. ^ "Wake Forest's Grobe named AP Coach of the Year". ESPN. Associated Press. December 20, 2006.
  3. ^ "Kansas' Mangino voted AP's Coach of the Year". ESPN. Associated Press. December 19, 2007.
  4. ^ "Tide has turned: Saban is AP's coach of year". ESPN. Associated Press. December 23, 2008.
  5. ^ "TCU's Patterson named AP coach of the year". ESPN. Associated Press. December 23, 2009.
  6. ^ "Oregon's Kelly bests Chizik as AP coach of year". ESPN. Associated Press. December 21, 2010.
  7. ^ 2011 Award[dead link]
  8. ^ Krausz, Tony (December 5, 2012). "Kelly named coach of the year | The Journal Gazette". Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013.
  9. ^ "Auburn's Malzahn named AP coach of year". ESPN. Associated Press.
  10. ^ "Patterson AP's coach of year for 2nd time". ESPN. Associated Press.
  11. ^ "Clemson's Swinney wins AP coach of the year". ESPN. Associated Press.
  12. ^ "College football: Colorado's Mike MacIntyre wins AP Coach of the Year". NCAA. Associated Press. December 15, 2016.
  13. ^ Russo, Ralph D. (December 18, 2017). "College football: Scott Frost named AP Coach of the Year after leading UCF to undefeated season". NCAA.com. Associated Press.
  14. ^ Glaspie, Akeem (December 5, 2018). "Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly wins Coach of the Year award". Indianapolis Star.
  15. ^ Staff report (December 17, 2019). "LSU's Ed Orgeron named AP Coach of the Year". espn.com.
  16. ^ "Coastal Carolina's Jamey Chadwell is AP coach of the year". AP NEWS. December 30, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  17. ^ "Michigan's Jim Harbaugh is AP coach of the year, Fickell 2nd". AP NEWS. December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  18. ^ "TCU's Sonny Dykes named Associated Press coach of the Year". AP NEWS. December 19, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  19. ^ "Washington's Kalen DeBoer is the AP coach of the year after leading undefeated Huskies to the CFP".

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