Paul "Bear" Bryant Award

Paul "Bear" Bryant Award
Awarded forNCAA college football's national coach of the year
CountryUnited States
Presented byAmerican Heart Association
National Sports Media Association
History
First award1986
Most recentMike Norvell, Florida State (2023)
Websitehttps://bryantawards.org/

The American Heart Association (AHA) Paul "Bear" Bryant Awards are an annual awards banquet that is hosted each year in January, in Houston, Texas, by the AHA. There are two awards. One of them—the Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award—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 Sports Media Association (formerly the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association) and proceeds from the awards ceremony benefit the Houston chapter of the American Heart Association, which is the organizing sponsor—since 1986, at the request of the Bryant family—and which obtains a "presenting sponsor" (currently Marathon Oil Corporation). The College Football Coach of the Year Award began in 1957 and was renamed for Bryant in 1986. Bryant himself won the AFCA Coach of the Year award in 1961, 1971, and 1973.

According to the official website:

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.

Unlike many college football head coaching awards, it is presented after each season's bowl games.

In 2000, the AHA began presenting a second award, the Paul "Bear" Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award. A third award, the Paul "Bear" Bryant Newcomer Coach of the Year Award, was added in 2023, honoring the top coach in his first season as a head coach in Division I FBS.

Winners

Note: The year indicates the season for which the award was presented. The award is presented in January of the following year.
Year Winner School
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 (FL)
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 (2) Boise State
2010 Gene Chizik Auburn
2011 Mike Gundy Oklahoma State
2012 Bill O'Brien Penn State
2013 Gus Malzahn Auburn
2014 Gary Patterson TCU
2015 Dabo Swinney Clemson
2016 Dabo Swinney (2) Clemson
2017 Scott Frost UCF
2018 Dabo Swinney (3) Clemson
2019 Ed Orgeron LSU
2020 Nick Saban (2) Alabama
2021 Luke Fickell Cincinnati
2022 Sonny Dykes TCU
2023 Mike Norvell Florida State

Lifetime Achievement Award winners

See footnote.

2000Darrell Royal
2001Charles McClendon
2002Bill Yeoman
2003Frank Broyles
2004Gene Stallings
2005Lou Holtz
2006Jack Pardee
2007Bo Schembechler
2008Tom Osborne
2009Barry Switzer
2010Vince Dooley
2011Bobby Bowden
2012Hayden Fry
2013LaVell Edwards
2014R. C. Slocum
2015Jimmy Johnson
2016Mack Brown
2017Barry Alvarez
2018Steve Spurrier
2019Frank Beamer
2020Bill Snyder
2021Howard Schnellenberger
2022 - John Robinson
2023 - Lloyd Carr

Newcomer Coach of the Year Award winners

Note: While the Newcomer Award is presented in January of the calendar year following the award season, it is announced in December.
Year Winner School
2023 David Braun Northwestern

See also


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