AFCA Coach of the Year Award Winners

Award Winners

Award Winners Table
Year	Coach	School	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
2024	Curt Cignetti	Indiana	11	2	0	.846
2023	Kalen DeBoer	Washington	14	1	0	.933
2022	Sonny Dykes	TCU	13	2	0	.867
2021	Luke Fickell	Cincinnati	13	1	0	.929
2020	Tom Allen	Indiana	6	2	0	.750
2019	Ed Orgeron	LSU	15	0	0	1.000
2018	Mike Leach	Washington State	11	2	0	.846
2017	Scott Frost	UCF	13	0	0	1.000
2016	Mike MacIntyre	Colorado	10	4	0	.714
2015	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	14	1	0	.933
2014	Gary Patterson	TCU	12	1	0	.923
2013	David Cutcliffe	Duke	10	4	0	.714
2012	Brian Kelly	Notre Dame	12	1	0	.923	record adjusted to 0-1-0 by NCAA
2011	Les Miles	LSU	13	1	0	.929
2010	Chip Kelly	Oregon	12	1	0	.923
2009	Gary Patterson	TCU	12	1	0	.923
2008	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	13	0	0	1.000
2007	Mark Mangino	Kansas	12	1	0	.923
2006	Jim Grobe	Wake Forest	11	3	0	.786
2005	Joe Paterno	Penn State	11	1	0	.917
2004	Tommy Tuberville	Auburn	13	0	0	1.000
2003	Pete Carroll	USC	12	1	0	.923
2002	Jim Tressel	Ohio State	14	0	0	1.000
2001	Ralph Friedgen (tie)	Maryland	10	2	0	.833
2001	Larry Coker (tie)	Miami (FL)	12	0	0	1.000
2000	Bob Stoops	Oklahoma	13	0	0	1.000
1999	Frank Beamer	Virginia Tech	11	1	0	.917
1998	Phillip Fulmer	Tennessee	13	0	0	1.000
1997	Lloyd Carr	Michigan	12	0	0	1.000
1996	Bruce Snyder	Arizona State	11	1	0	.917
1995	Gary Barnett	Northwestern	10	2	0	.833
1994	Tom Osborne	Nebraska	13	0	0	1.000
1993	Barry Alvarez	Wisconsin	10	1	1	.875
1992	Gene Stallings	Alabama	13	0	0	1.000
1991	Bill Lewis	East Carolina	11	1	0	.917
1990	Bobby Ross	Georgia Tech	11	0	1	.958
1989	Bill McCartney	Colorado	11	1	0	.917
1988	Don Nehlen	West Virginia	11	1	0	.917
1987	Dick MacPherson	Syracuse	11	0	1	.958
1986	Joe Paterno	Penn State	12	0	0	1.000
1985	Fisher DeBerry	Air Force	12	1	0	.923
1984	LaVell Edwards	Brigham Young	13	0	0	1.000
1983	Ken Hatfield	Air Force	10	2	0	.833
1982	Joe Paterno	Penn State	11	1	0	.917
1981	Danny Ford	Clemson	12	0	0	1.000
1980	Vince Dooley	Georgia	12	0	0	1.000
1979	Earle Bruce	Ohio State	11	1	0	.917
1978	Joe Paterno	Penn State	11	1	0	.917
1977	Don James	Washington	8	4	0	.667	record adjusted to 10-2-0 by NCAA
1976	Johnny Majors	Pitt	12	0	0	1.000
1975	Frank Kush	Arizona State	12	0	0	1.000
1974	Grant Teaff	Baylor	8	4	0	.667
1973	Bear Bryant	Alabama	11	1	0	.917
1972	John McKay	USC	12	0	0	1.000
1971	Bear Bryant	Alabama	11	1	0	.917
1970	Darrell Royal (tie)	Texas	10	1	0	.909
1970	Charles McClendon (tie)	LSU	9	3	0	.750
1969	Bo Schembechler	Michigan	8	3	0	.727
1968	Joe Paterno	Penn State	11	0	0	1.000
1967	John Pont	Indiana	9	2	0	.818
1966	Thomas Cahill	Army	8	2	0	.800
1965	Tommy Prothro	UCLA	8	2	1	.773
1964	Frank Broyles (tie)	Arkansas	11	0	0	1.000
1964	Ara Parseghian (tie)	Notre Dame	9	1	0	.900
1963	Darrell Royal	Texas	11	0	0	1.000
1962	John McKay	USC	11	0	0	1.000
1961	Bear Bryant	Alabama	11	0	0	1.000
1960	Murray Warmath	Minnesota	8	2	0	.800
1959	Ben Schwartzwalder	Syracuse	11	0	0	1.000
1958	Paul Dietzel	LSU	11	0	0	1.000
1957	Woody Hayes	Ohio State	9	1	0	.900
1956	Bowden Wyatt	Tennessee	10	1	0	.909
1955	Duffy Daugherty	Michigan State	9	1	0	.900
1954	Red Sanders	UCLA	9	0	0	1.000
1953	Jim Tatum	Maryland	10	1	0	.909
1952	Biggie Munn	Michigan State	9	0	0	1.000
1951	Chuck Taylor	Stanford	9	2	0	.818
1950	Charles Caldwell Jr.	Princeton	9	0	0	1.000
1949	Bud Wilkinson	Oklahoma	11	0	0	1.000
1948	Bennie Oosterbaan	Michigan	9	0	0	1.000
1947	Fritz Crisler	Michigan	10	0	0	1.000
1946	Red Blaik	Army	9	0	1	.950
1945	Bo McMillin	Indiana	9	0	1	.950
1944	Carroll Widdoes	Ohio State	9	0	0	1.000
1943	Amos Alonzo Stagg	Pacific	7	2	0	.778
1942	William Alexander	Georgia Tech	9	2	0	.818
1941	Frank Leahy	Notre Dame	8	0	1	.944
1940	Clark Shaughnessy	Stanford	10	0	0	1.000
1939	Edward Anderson	Iowa	6	1	1	.813
1938	Bill Kern	Carnegie Mellon
1937	Hook Mylin	Lafayette
1936	Dick Harlow	Harvard
1935	Pappy Waldorf	Northwestern	4	3	1	.563

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