Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year

Silver Anniversary Awards
Awarded for	the top collegiate football coach in the country
Presented by	Sporting News
Country	United States
First awarded	1963
Currently held by	Gary Patterson

The Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year Award is an award that is given annually to NCAA college football's national coach of the year. The Sporting News (now known as Sporting News) established the award beginning in 1963. Currently, Sporting News’ All-America team is one of the five teams used to determine consensus All-Americans.

Winners

Year	Coach	School
1963	Darrell Royal	Texas
1964	Frank Broyles	Arkansas
1965	Duffy Daugherty	Michigan State
1966	Ara Parseghian	Notre Dame
1967	John Pont	Indiana
1968	Woody Hayes	Ohio State
1969	Darrell Royal	Texas
1970	John Ralston	Stanford
1971	Chuck Fairbanks	Oklahoma
1972	John McKay	USC
1973	Barry Switzer	Oklahoma
1974	Jerry Claiborne	Maryland
1975	Emory Bellard	Texas A&M
1976	Johnny Majors	Pittsburgh
1977	Lou Holtz	Arkansas
1978	Darryl Rogers	Michigan State
1979	John Mackovic	Wake Forest
1980	Vince Dooley	Georgia
1981	Hayden Fry	Iowa
1982	George MacIntyre	Vanderbilt
1983	Mike White	Illinois
1984	Jim Wacker	Texas Christian
1985	Bo Schembechler	Michigan
1986	John Cooper	Arizona State
1987	Dick MacPherson	Syracuse
1988	Lou Holtz	Notre Dame
1989	None	None
1990	Bobby Ross	Georgia Tech
1991	Don James	Washington
1992	Dennis Erickson	Miami (Fla.)
1993	Terry Bowden	Auburn
1994	Rich Brooks	Oregon
1995	Gary Barnett	Northwestern
1996	Bruce Snyder	Arizona State
1997	Mike Price	Washington State
1998	Phil Fulmer	Tennessee
1999	June Jones	Hawaii
2000	Dennis Erickson	Oregon State
2001	Ralph Friedgen	Maryland
2002	Jim Tressel	Ohio State
2003	Urban Meyer	Utah
2004	Tommy Tuberville	Auburn
2005	Joe Paterno	Penn State
2006	Jim Grobe	Wake Forest
2007	Mark Mangino	Kansas
2008	Nick Saban	Alabama
2009	Gary Patterson	TCU
2010	Chip Kelly	Oregon
2011	Bill Snyder	Kansas State
2012	Brian Kelly	Notre Dame

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