Home Depot Coach of the Year

The Coach of the Year award is given annually to college football's top head coach. The award for the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision is selected by ESPN and ABC college football analysts. Brian Kelly is the only coach to have been awarded multiple times.

Coach of the Year

Awarded for	College football's top head coach
Country	United States
Presented by	ESPN and ABC college football analysts
History
First award	1994
Most recent	Curt Cignetti, Indiana

Winners

Year	Winner	School	Ref.
1994	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	[1]
1995	Gary Barnett	Northwestern	[1]
1996	Rich Brooks	Oregon	[1]
1997	Mike Price	Washington State	[1]
1998	Phillip Fulmer	Tennessee	[1]
1999	Frank Solich	Nebraska	[1]
2000	Bob Stoops	Oklahoma	[1]
2001	Ralph Friedgen	Maryland	[1]
2002	Tyrone Willingham	Notre Dame	[1]
2003	Pete Carroll	USC	[1]
2004	Urban Meyer	Utah	[2]
2005	Joe Paterno	Penn State	[3]
2006	Greg Schiano	Rutgers	[4]
2007	Mark Mangino	Kansas	[5]
2008	Nick Saban	Alabama	[6]
2009	Brian Kelly	Cincinnati	[7]
2010	Gene Chizik	Auburn	[8]
2011	Les Miles	LSU	[9]
2012	Brian Kelly (2)	Notre Dame (2)	[10]
2013	Gus Malzahn	Auburn (2)	[11]
2014	Gary Patterson	TCU	[12]
2015	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	[13]
2016	Mike MacIntyre	Colorado	[14]
2017	Scott Frost	UCF	[15]
2018	Brian Kelly (3)	Notre Dame (3)	[16]
2019	Ed Orgeron	LSU (2)	[17]
2020	Jamey Chadwell	Coastal Carolina	[18]
2021	Luke Fickell	Cincinnati (2)	[19]
2022	Sonny Dykes	TCU (2)
2023	Kalen DeBoer	Washington
2024	Curt Cignetti	Indiana

References

1. "University of Southern California Head Football Coach Pete Carroll to be Named Home Depot National Coach of the Year". The Home Depot. December 11, 2003. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
2. English, Antonya (December 4, 2004). "Gators get what they want in Utah coach". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
3. "Bush, Young double up for awards". USA Today. December 9, 2005. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
4. "Quinn, Smith win at college football awards". ESPN.com. December 7, 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
5. Fusco, Asher (December 7, 2007). "Mangino earns coach of the year award". The University Daily Kansan. Archived from the original on April 22, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
6. "UA's Saban Named Home Depot Coach of the Year". SECsports.com. December 9, 2008. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
7. "Brian Kelly Named ESPN Home Depot Coach of the Year". GOBearcats.com. December 10, 2009. Archived from the original on December 14, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
8. "Auburn's Gene Chizik is Home Depot Coach of Year". al.com. December 8, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
9. "Miles is The Home Depot Coach of Year". ESPN. December 7, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
10. "Kelly named Coach of Year". journalgazette.net. December 5, 2012. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
11. "Auburn's Gus Malzahn Winner of The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award". ESPN. December 11, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
12. "TCU coach Gary Patterson is Home Depot Coach of the Year". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
13. "Dabo Swinney claims Home Depot Coach of the Year honor". NBC Sports. December 9, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
14. "MacIntyre Collects Another National Coach of the Year Award" (Press release). Colorado Buffaloes. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
15. "National Coach of the Year - UCF". UCF Athletics (Press release). December 6, 2017. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
16. "National Coach of the Year - Notre Dame" (Press release). December 5, 2018.
17. Staff report (December 11, 2019). "After leading LSU football to 13-0 record, Ed Orgeron wins Home Depot Coach of the Year Award". The Advocate.
18. "Chadwell Named The Home Depot College Football Coach of the Year" (Press release). Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
19. "Fickell Named The Home Depot National Coach of the Year" (Press release). GoBearcats. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.