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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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