The Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year Award is an annual award given to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college football's national coach of the year. The Sporting News (formerly now known as Sporting News from 2002 to 2022) established the award beginning in 1963. Retrieved March 27, 2009.
TSN National Coach of the Year In the long history of this award, only four coaches have won it twice: Darrell Royal with Texas in 1963 and 1969, Lou Holtz in 1977 with Arkansas and 1988 with Notre Dame, Dennis Erickson in 1992 with Miami and 2000 with Oregon State, and Gary Patterson in 2009 and 2014 with TCU. The only tie for the award came in 2013, with Auburn's Gus Malzahn and Duke's David Cutcliffe sharing honors.
Winners Year Coach School 1963 Texas 1964 Arkansas 1965 Michigan State 1966 Notre Dame 1967 Indiana 1968 Ohio State 1969 Texas 1970 Stanford 1971 Oklahoma 1972 USC 1973 Oklahoma 1974 Maryland 1975 Texas A&M 1976 Pittsburgh 1977 Arkansas 1978 Michigan State 1979 Wake Forest 1980 Georgia 1981 Iowa 1982 Vanderbilt 1983 Illinois 1984 TCU 1985 Michigan 1986 Arizona State 1987 Syracuse 1988 Notre Dame 1989 None None 1990 Georgia Tech 1991 Washington 1992 Miami (FL) 1993 Auburn 1994 Oregon 1995 Northwestern 1996 Arizona State 1997 Washington State 1998 Tennessee 1999 Hawaii 2000 Oregon State 2001 Maryland 2002 Ohio State 2003 Utah 2004 Auburn 2005 Penn State 2006 Wake Forest 2007 Kansas 2008 Alabama 2009 TCU 2010 Oregon 2011 Kansas State 2012 Notre Dame 2013 David Cutcliffe AuburnDuke 2014 TCU 2015 Clemson 2016 Penn State 2017 Georgia 2018 UAB 2019 Baylor 2020 Coastal Carolina 2021 Cincinnati 2022 TCU 2023 Washington 2024 Indiana
See also Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award Paul "Bear" Bryant Award Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Woody Hayes Trophy Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year Award AFCA Coach of the Year Home Depot Coach of the Year Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award George Munger Award Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award
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