Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award


The Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award is an annual college football award given to the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision head coach whose team excels on the field, in the classroom, and in the community. The award is named for Bobby Dodd, longtime head football coach at Georgia Tech and was established in 1976 to honor the values that Dodd exemplified. Award recipients are chosen by a selection committee composed of college football experts and all previous recipients. The recipient is announced during half-time of the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on December 31 in Atlanta. A formal presentation is held later, usually on the university campus of the recipient.

Winners

Two coaches have won the award twice: Bill Snyder of Kansas State University, won in 1998 and again in 2012, and Joe Paterno of Penn State who received the award in 1981 and again in 2005. Six schools have had two different coaches given the award: Alabama with Bill Curry in 1989 and Nick Saban in 2014 Michigan with Bo Schembechler in 1977 and Lloyd Carr in 2007; Air Force with Ken Hatfield in 1983 and Fisher DeBerry in 1985, Georgia Tech with Bobby Ross in 1990 and George O'Leary in 2000, TCU with Jim Wacker in 1984 and Gary Patterson in 2009, and Duke with Fred Goldsmith in 1994 and David Cutcliffe in 2013.
YearCoachSchool
1976Vince DooleyGeorgia
1977Bo SchembechlerMichigan
1978Tom OsborneNebraska
1979LaVell EdwardsBYU
1980Bobby BowdenFlorida State
1981Joe PaternoPenn State
1982George MacIntyreVanderbilt
1983Ken HatfieldAir Force
1984Jim WackerTCU
1985Fisher DeBerryAir Force
1986Dick SheridanNorth Carolina State
1987Dick MacPhersonSyracuse
1988Don NehlenWest Virginia
1989Bill CurryAlabama
1990Bobby RossGeorgia Tech
1991George WelshVirginia
1992Eddie RobinsonGrambling State
1993Barry AlvarezWisconsin
1994Fred GoldsmithDuke
1995Gary BarnettNorthwestern
1996Bob SuttonArmy
1997Mike PriceWashington State
1998Bill SnyderKansas State
1999Frank BeamerVirginia Tech
2000George O'LearyGeorgia Tech
2001Ralph FriedgenMaryland
2002Jim TresselOhio State
2003Bob StoopsOklahoma
2004Paul JohnsonNavy
2005Joe PaternoPenn State
2006Jim GrobeWake Forest
2007Lloyd CarrMichigan
2008Mack BrownTexas
2009Gary PattersonTCU
2010Chris PetersenBoise State
2011Dabo SwinneyClemson
2012Bill SnyderKansas State
2013David CutcliffeDuke
2014Nick SabanAlabama
2015Kirk FerentzIowa
2016Mike MacIntyreColorado
2017David ShawStanford
2018Brian KellyNotre Dame
2019Kyle WhittinghamUtah