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Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award

American college football award

Summary

American college football award

Field	Value
name	Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award
description	Division I FBS head coach whose team excels on the field, in the classroom and in the community.
presenter	Peach Bowl (The selection is done by a committee of college football experts.)
country	United States
location	Chattanooga, Tennessee
year	1976
holder	Curt Cignetti, Indiana (2025)
website	http://www.thedoddtrophy.com/

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 halftime of the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta. A formal presentation is held later, usually on the university campus of the recipient. Winners from the previous two seasons, as well as coaches in their first year at their current programs, are ineligible for the award.

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. Nine 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, Northwestern with Gary Barnett in 1995 and Pat Fitzgerald in 2020, TCU with Jim Wacker in 1984 and Gary Patterson in 2009, Duke with Fred Goldsmith in 1994 and David Cutcliffe in 2013, the Florida State Seminoles with Bobby Bowden in 1980 and Mike Norvell in 2023, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish with Brian Kelly in 2018 and Marcus Freeman in 2024.

Year	Coach	School
1976		Georgia
1977		Michigan
1978		Nebraska
1979		BYU
1980		Florida State
1981		Penn State
1982		Vanderbilt
1983		Air Force
1984		TCU
1985		Air Force
1986		North Carolina State
1987		Syracuse
1988		West Virginia
1989		Alabama
1990		Georgia Tech
1991		Virginia
1992		Grambling State
1993		Wisconsin
1994		Duke
1995		Northwestern
1996		Army
1997		Washington State
1998		Kansas State
1999		Virginia Tech
2000	{{sortname	George	O'Leary	Oleary}}
2001		Maryland
2002		Ohio State
2003		Oklahoma
2004		Navy
2005	(2)	Penn State
2006		Wake Forest
2007		Michigan
2008		Texas
2009		TCU
2010		Boise State
2011		Clemson
2012	(2)	Kansas State
2013		Duke
2014		Alabama
2015		Iowa
2016		Colorado
2017		Stanford
2018		Notre Dame
2019		Utah
2020		Northwestern
2021		Cincinnati
2022		Tulane
2023		Florida State
2024		Notre Dame
2025		Indiana

References

(December 31, 2022). "Willie Fritz Wins 2022 Dodd Trophy". Peach Bowl, Inc..

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