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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

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 and Curt Cignetti are the only coaches to have been awarded multiple times.

Awarded forCollege football's top head coach

Presented byESPN and ABC college football analysts

First award1994

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Year	Winner	School	Ref.
1994	Rich Brooks	Oregon	^[1]
1995	Gary Barnett	Northwestern	^[1]
1996	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	^[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
2025	Curt Cignetti (2)	Indiana (2)

Winners