Dabo Swinney wins CFB Coach of the Year award |
| - Sunday, December 2, 2018, 11:53 AM |
CLEMSON, S.C. — The Touchdown Club of Columbus announced today that Clemson Head Coach
Dabo Swinney has earned the Woody Hayes Award, presented annually to the College Football Coach of the Year.
Clemson has posted a 13-0 record this season, one win shy of the team record for wins set in 2015 and 2016. Yesterday, Swinney’s Tigers won their fourth consecutive ACC championship, earning a 42-10 win against Pittsburgh in the ACC Championship Game in Charlotte. Clemson became the first school in conference history to win four consecutive outright titles and became the first Power Five program to win four straight conference championship games since Florida in 1993-96. Swinney becomes the second Clemson head coach to earn the honor since the award’s inception in 1977. Danny Ford was Clemson’s first Woody Hayes Award winner, collecting the honor following Clemson’s 12-0 national championship season in 1981. The 2018 Woody Hayes Award will be presented during the 64th Touchdown Club of Columbus Awards on Saturday, Feb. 9 in Columbus, Ohio. A full list of all-time winners of the Woody Hayes Award is included below: 2018: DABO SWINNEY, Clemson 2017: SCOTT FROST, UCF 2016: JAMES FRANKLIN, Penn State 2015: KIRK FERENTZ, Iowa 2014: GARY PATTERSON, TCU 2013: GUS MALZAHN, Auburn 2012: URBAN MEYER, Ohio State 2011: BILL SNYDER, Kansas State 2010: JIM HARBAUGH, Stanford 2009: GARY PATTERSON, TCU 2008: MIKE LEACH, Texas Tech 2007: MARK MANGINO, Kansas 2006: JIM TRESSEL, Ohio State 2005: JOE PATERNO, Penn State 2004: URBAN MEYER, Utah 2003: BOB STOOPS, Oklahoma 2002: JIM TRESSEL, Ohio State 2001: RALPH FRIEDGEN, Maryland 2000: BOB STOOPS, Oklahoma 1999: FRANK BEAMER, Virginia Tech 1998: PHIL FULMER, Tennessee 1997: LLOYD CARR, Michigan 1996: BRUCE SNYDER, Arizona State 1995: GARY BARNETT, Northwestern 1994: TOM OSBORNE, Nebraska 1993: DON NEHLAN, West Virginia 1992: DENNIS ERICKSON, Miami 1991: DON JAMES, Washington 1989: BOBB ROSS, Georgia Tech 1988: LOU HOTLZ, Notre Dame 1987: DICK MacPHERSON, Syracuse 1986: JOE PATERNO, Penn State 1985: BO SCHEMBECHLER, Michigan 1984: DON JAMES, Washington 1983: TOM OSBORNE, Nebraska 1982: JOE PATERNO, Penn State 1981: DANNY FORD, Clemson 1980: VINCE DOOLEY, Georgia 1979: EARLE BRUCE, Ohio State 1978: JOE PATERNO, Penn State 1977: LOU HOLTZ, Arkansas
