Winners
Two coaches have one the award twice: Bill Snyder of Kansas State University, won in 1988 and again in 2012, and Joe Paterno of Penn State who received the award in 1981 and again in 2005. Four schools have had two different coaches given the award: 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 and TCU with Jim Wacker in 1984 and Gary Patterson in 2009.
| Year | Coach | School |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Vince Dooley | Georgia |
| 1977 | Bo Schembechler | Michigan |
| 1978 | Tom Osborne | Nebraska |
| 1979 | LaVell Edwards | Brigham Young |
| 1980 | Bobby Bowden | Florida State |
| 1981 | Joe Paterno | Penn State |
| 1982 | George MacIntyre | Vanderbilt |
| 1983 | Ken Hatfield | Air Force |
| 1984 | Jim Wacker | Texas Christian |
| 1985 | Fisher DeBerry | Air Force |
| 1986 | Dick Sheridan | North Carolina State |
| 1987 | Dick MacPherson | Syracuse |
| 1988 | Don Nehlen | West Virginia |
| 1989 | Bill Curry | Alabama |
| 1990 | Bobby Ross | Georgia Tech |
| 1991 | George Welsh | Virginia |
| 1992 | Eddie Robinson | Grambling State |
| 1993 | Barry Alvarez | Wisconsin |
| 1994 | Fred Goldsmith | Duke |
| 1995 | Gary Barnett | Northwestern |
| 1996 | Bob Sutton | Army |
| 1997 | Mike Price | Washington State |
| 1998 | Bill Snyder | Kansas State |
| 1999 | Frank Beamer | Virginia Tech |
| 2000 | George O'Leary | Georgia Tech |
| 2001 | Ralph Friedgen | Maryland |
| 2002 | Jim Tressel | Ohio State |
| 2003 | Bob Stoops | Oklahoma |
| 2004 | Paul Johnson | Navy |
| 2005 | Joe Paterno | Penn State |
| 2006 | Jim Grobe | Wake Forest |
| 2007 | Lloyd Carr | Michigan |
| 2008 | Mack Brown | Texas |
| 2009 | Gary Patterson | Texas Christian |
| 2010 | Chris Petersen | Boise State |
| 2011 | Dabo Swinney | Clemson |
| 2012 | Bill Snyder | Kansas State |
Read more about this topic: Bobby Dodd Coach Of The Year Award
Famous quotes containing the word winners:
“The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don’t acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead.”
—Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922)