Paul "Bear" Bryant Award | |
Awarded for | NCAA college football's national coach of the year |
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Presented by | National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association |
Country | United States |
First awarded | 1986 |
Currently held by | Bill O'Brien |
Official website | http://www.bryantawards.com/ |
The Paul 'Bear' Bryant Award is an award that has been given annually since 1986 to NCAA college football's national coach of the year. The Award was named in honor of longtime Alabama coach Bear Bryant after he died of a heart attack in 1983. It is voted on by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, and proceeds from the awards ceremony benefit the American Heart Association. The College Football Coach of the Year Award began in 1957 and was renamed for Bryant in 1986. Bryant himself won the earlier award in 1961, 1971, and 1973.[1]
According to the official website:[2]
The Paul "Bear" Bryant College Football Coaching Awards is an exclusive event that honors a college football coach whose great accomplishments, both on and off the field, are legendary. The award recognizes the masters of coaching and allows them to take their deserved place in history beside other legends like Bear Bryant.
Winners[]
Year | Winner[3] | School |
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1986 | Joe Paterno | Penn State |
1987 | Dick MacPherson | Syracuse |
1988 | Lou Holtz | Notre Dame |
1989 | Bill McCartney | Colorado |
1990 | Bobby Ross | Georgia Tech |
1991 | Don James | Washington |
1992 | Gene Stallings | Alabama |
1993 | Terry Bowden | Auburn |
1994 | Rich Brooks | Oregon |
1995 | Gary Barnett | Northwestern |
1996 | Bruce Snyder | Arizona State |
1997 | Lloyd Carr | Michigan |
1998 | Bill Snyder | Kansas State |
1999 | Frank Beamer | Virginia Tech |
2000 | Bob Stoops | Oklahoma |
2001 | Larry Coker | Miami |
2002 | Jim Tressel | Ohio State |
2003 | Nick Saban | LSU |
2004 | Tommy Tuberville | Auburn |
2005 | Mack Brown | Texas |
2006 | Chris Petersen | Boise State |
2007 | Mark Mangino | Kansas |
2008 | Kyle Whittingham | Utah |
2009 | Chris Petersen | Boise State |
2010 | Gene Chizik | Auburn |
2011 | Mike Gundy | Oklahoma State |
2012 | Bill O'Brien | Penn State |
Winners by school[]
School | Awards held |
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Auburn | 3 |
Boise State | 2 |
Penn State | 2 |
Alabama | 1 |
Arizona State | 1 |
Colorado | 1 |
Georgia Tech | 1 |
Kansas | 1 |
Kansas State | 1 |
LSU | 1 |
Miami | 1 |
Michigan | 1 |
Northwestern | 1 |
Notre Dame | 1 |
Ohio State | 1 |
Oklahoma | 1 |
Oklahoma State | 1 |
Oregon | 1 |
Syracuse | 1 |
Texas | 1 |
Utah | 1 |
Virginia Tech | 1 |
Washington | 1 |
Paul "Bear" Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award winners[]
2000 – Darrell Royal
2001 – Charles McClendon
2002 – Bill Yeoman
2003 – Frank Broyles
2004 – Gene Stallings
2005 – Lou Holtz
2006 – Jack Pardee
2007 – Bo Schembechler
2008 – Tom Osborne
2009 – Barry Switzer
2010 – Bobby Bowden
2011 – Hayden Fry
See also[]
- AFCA Coach of the Year
- Walter Camp Coach of the Year
- Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award
- The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award
References[]
- ↑ Barra, Allen (2005). The Last Coach: The Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant. W.W. Norton & Company. p. 517.
- ↑ http://www.bryantawards.com/
- ↑ "Paul "Bear" Bryant College Football Coaching Awards". http://www.bryantawards.com/about/coach-of-the-year-award/. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
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