The Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award is an annual college football award given to the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision head coach whose team excels on the field, in the classroom, and in the community. The award is named for Bobby Dodd, longtime head football coach at Georgia Tech and was established in 1976 to honor the values that Dodd exemplified. Award recipients are chosen by a selection committee composed of college football experts and all previous recipients. The recipient is announced during halftime of the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta. A formal presentation is held later, usually on the university campus of the recipient. Winners from the previous two seasons, as well as coaches in their first year at their current programs, are ineligible for the award.
Winners Two coaches have won the award twice: Bill Snyder of Kansas State University, won in 1998 and again in 2012, and Joe Paterno of Penn State who received the award in 1981 and again in 2005. Nine schools have had two different coaches given the award: Alabama with Bill Curry in 1989 and Nick Saban in 2014, Michigan with Bo Schembechler in 1977 and Lloyd Carr in 2007, Air Force with Ken Hatfield in 1983 and Fisher DeBerry in 1985, Georgia Tech with Bobby Ross in 1990 and George O'Leary in 2000, Northwestern with Gary Barnett in 1995 and Pat Fitzgerald in 2020, TCU with Jim Wacker in 1984 and Gary Patterson in 2009, Duke with Fred Goldsmith in 1994 and David Cutcliffe in 2013, the Florida State Seminoles with Bobby Bowden in 1980 and Mike Norvell in 2023, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish with Brian Kelly in 2018 and Marcus Freeman in 2024.
Year Coach School 1976 Georgia 1977 Michigan 1978 Nebraska 1979 BYU 1980 Florida State 1981 Penn State 1982 Vanderbilt 1983 Air Force 1984 TCU 1985 Air Force 1986 North Carolina State 1987 Syracuse 1988 West Virginia 1989 Alabama 1990 Georgia Tech 1991 Virginia 1992 Grambling State 1993 Wisconsin 1994 Duke 1995 Northwestern 1996 Army 1997 Washington State 1998 Kansas State 1999 Virginia Tech 2000 Georgia Tech 2001 Maryland 2002 Ohio State 2003 Oklahoma 2004 Navy 2005 (2) Penn State 2006 Wake Forest 2007 Michigan 2008 Texas 2009 TCU 2010 Boise State 2011 Clemson 2012 (2) Kansas State 2013 Duke 2014 Alabama 2015 Iowa 2016 Colorado 2017 Stanford 2018 Notre Dame 2019 Utah 2020 Northwestern 2021 Cincinnati 2022 Tulane 2023 Florida State 2024 Notre Dame 2025 Indiana
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