Paul "Bear" Bryant Award

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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 recentNick Saban, Alabama (2020)
Websitehttp://www.bryantawards.com/

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.[1][2][3] 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.[4] The Award was named in honor of longtime Alabama coach Bear Bryant after he died of a heart attack in 1983.[1] It is voted on by the National Sports Media Association (formerly the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association)[5][6] 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[1]—and which obtains a "presenting sponsor" (currently Marathon Oil Corporation).[6][5][7] The College Football Coach of the Year Award began in 1957 and was renamed for Bryant in 1986.[1] Bryant himself won the AFCA Coach of the Year award in 1961, 1971, and 1973.[8][1]

According to the official website:[7]

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.[6]

Winners[]

Note: The year indicates the season for which the award was presented. The award is presented in January of the following year.[4]
Year Winner[9] 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[10]
2018 Dabo Swinney (3) Clemson
2019 Ed Orgeron LSU[11]
2020 Nick Saban (2) Alabama

Lifetime Achievement Award winners[]

See footnote.[6]

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "The Final Title of the Season: The Paul "Bear" Bryant Awards". American Heart Association – Houston Office website. American Heart Association, Inc. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "Win a Trip to the Bear Bryant Awards". American Heart Association – Houston Office website. American Heart Association, Inc. Retrieved February 16, 2017. Toyota proudly supports the American Heart Association's 2017 Paul "Bear" Bryant Awards. In addition to a Toyota Trophy Tour, ....
  3. ^ For a list of American Heart Association offices, by state, go to: "Localization By State / City". American Heart Association official website. American Heart Association, Inc. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Coach of the Year Award". American Heart Association – Houston Office website. American Heart Association, Inc. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Bear Bryant Awards. National Sports Media Association website. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  6. ^ a b c d "Lifetime Achievement Award". American Heart Association – Houston Office website. American Heart Association, Inc. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  7. ^ a b "2017 Paul "Bear" Bryant Awards". American Heart Association – Houston Office website. American Heart Association, Inc. December 14, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  8. ^ Barra, Allen (2005). The Last Coach: The Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant. W.W. Norton & Company. p. 517.
  9. ^ "Paul "Bear" Bryant College Football Coaching Awards". Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  10. ^ Koch, Joshua (January 10, 2018). "Scott Frost wins Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of Year Award". Miami Sun Herald. Associated Press. Archived from the original on January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  11. ^ Khan, Jr., Sam (January 16, 2020). "LSU's Ed Orgeron adds Bear Bryant coach of year award to accolades". espn.com. Retrieved January 16, 2020.

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